A Tibetan revolutionary
Subtitle: the political life and times of Bapa Phüntso Wangye
By: Melvyn C. Goldstein, Dawei Sherap, and William R. Siebenschuh.
Contributors: Sherap, Dawei, 1922-; Siebenschuh, William R.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Phüntso, Wangye, 1922-; Tibet (China) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Tibet (China) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Description: "This is the as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. Born in 1922 in Batang, a part of Eastern Tibet that was under the administration of China, Phunwang received a modern education, first in his village and then in Nanjing, the capital of Chiang Kaishek's Nationalist China. There he discovered the writings of Lenin and developed a vision of a new socialist Tibet that would make use of the modern economic and social institutions and be ruled by Tibetans."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.