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Paperback Tibetan Nation: A History of Tibetan Nationalism and Sino-Tibetan Relations Book

ISBN: 081333280X

ISBN13: 9780813332802

Tibetan Nation: A History of Tibetan Nationalism and Sino-Tibetan Relations

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This detailed history offers the most comprehensive account available of Tibetan nationalism, Sino-Tibetan relations, and the issue of Tibetan self-determination. Warren Smith explores Tibet's ethnic and national origins, the birth of the Tibetan state, the Buddhist state and its relations with China, Tibet's quest for independence, and the Chinese takeover of Tibet after 1950.Focusing especially on post-1950 Tibet under Chinese Communist rule, Smith analyzes Marxist-Leninist and Chinese Communist Party nationalities theory and policy, its application in Tibet, and the consequent rise of Tibetan nationalism. Concluding that the essence of the Tibetan issue is self-determination, Smith bolsters his argument with a comprehensive analysis of Tibetan and Chinese histories and their close interrelationship.

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Rated 4 stars
Very scholarly

This history is written from the point of view of the evolution of Chinese political thought and its affect on Tibet, more than a straightforward history. The author deals more in broad Chinese influences than specific ones, although he does discuss specific events. About half the book covers the time period after 1951 to the late 80's and should have stuck with that. Smith uses mainly secondary sources, like Goldstein,...

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Rated 5 stars
A thorough, judicious examination of a controversial topic.

Smith has provided a balanced, thorough, and judicious review of Sino-Tibetan relations from the earliest times to the Lhasa riots of the late 1980s and their aftermath. He has thoroughly mined the English language literature from Chinese, Tibetan exile, and Western scholarly sources, though he did no research in Chinese or Tibetan. Although obviously sympathetic to the Tibetan cause, he has carefully analyzed such dubious...

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