The Culture of the Book in Tibet

by Kurtis R. Schaeffer

Book Overview

The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intellectual, and economic life of an immensely influential Buddhist society.

Spanning the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Kurtis R. Schaeffer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231147171
• ISBN13: 9780231147170
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher