A HISTORY OF MODERN TIBET, Volume 2. The Calm before the Storm: 1951 - 1955
Berkley Los Angeles London: University of California Press, 2007. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition, 2007. Near Fine. 8vo., 639 pp., with black and white illustrations. Bound in publishers blue cloth with blue illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minor edge wear, otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #26212
ISBN: 9780520249417
Tibet, on the lofty Tibetan Plateau on the northern side of the Himalayas, is an autonomous region of China. It's nicknamed the “Roof of the World” for its towering peaks. It shares Mt. Everest with Nepal. Its capital, Lhasa, is site of hilltop Potala Palace, once the Dalai Lama’s winter home, and Jokhang Temple, Tibet’s spiritual heart, revered for its golden statue of the young Buddha. ― Google.
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