This detailed history offers the most comprehensive account available of Tibetan nationalism, Sino-Tibetan relations, and the key issue of Tibetan self-determination. Warren Smith explores Tibets ethnic and national origins, the birth of the Tibetan state, the Buddhist state and its relations with China, Tibets quest for independence, and Chinese rule after 1950. }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 Tibets ethnic and national origins, the birth of the Tibetan state, the Buddhist state and its relations with China, Tibets 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. }
- ISBN10 0813331552
- ISBN13 9780813331553
- Publish Date 24 October 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 May 2000
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint Westview Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 784
- Language English