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Buddhism Between Tibet and China
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Buddhism Between Tibet and China Soft cover - 2009

by Kapstein, Matthew

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Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2009 Offers a welcome palliative to all the harsh rhetoric that customarily surrounds the Tibet-China conundrum. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: [xxi], 453 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: glossy brick wraps, green tinted color artwork and white titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.
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Details

  • Title Buddhism Between Tibet and China
  • Author Kapstein, Matthew
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 453
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wisdom Publications, Boston
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 039067
  • ISBN 9780861715817 / 0861715810
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.3 in (22.61 x 15.49 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Library of Congress subjects Buddhism - China - Tibet, Buddhism - China
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008054515
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294

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About the author

Matthew Kapstein is Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Chicago. His previous publications include the Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism: Conversion, Contestation, and Memory and, with the anthropologist Melvyn C. Goldstein, Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity. He is co-translator of the late H.H. Dujom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Since 2002 he has also served as director of Tibetan Studies at the ecole Pratique des Hautes etudes, Paris.