Historical Dictionary of Tibet
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-3021-6 (ISBN)
Historical Dictionary of Tibet, Second Edition is a comprehensive resource for Tibetan history, politics, religion, major figures, prehistory and paleontology, with a primary emphasis on the modern period. It also covers the surrounding areas influenced by Tibetan religion and culture, including India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Central Asia, and Russia.
It contains a chronology, a glossary, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Tibet.
John Powers is a Professor of Religion in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and the author of seventeen books and more than 100 academic articles and book chapters, including A Bull of A Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism and The Buddha Party: How the Chinese Communist Party Works to Control Tibetan Buddhism. David Templeman is an Adjunct Researcher at both Monash and LaTrobe Universities in Australia. He has authored several books, including most recently Asian Horizons: Giuseppe Tucci’s Buddhist, Indian, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies. as well as 60 book chapters. He is completing a translation of the Autobiography of Tāranātha a 16-17th cent. Tibetan prelate.
Editor’s Foreword, by Jon Woronoff
Acknowledgments
Reader’s Notes
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Glossary of Common Phonetic Spellings and Wylie Equivalents
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
The DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Authors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified; Maps; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 1692 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-3021-1 / 1538130211 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-3021-6 / 9781538130216 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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