02044cam a2200313 i 4500 651057610 TxAuBib 20130429120000.0 041014s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781400034178 paperback $14.95 1400034175 paperback $14.95 (OCoLC)56726170 JRS eng rda JRS BAKER YDXCP BTCTA OCLCQ BDX LAKCL TxAuBib rda French, Patrick, 1966- Tibet, Tibet : a personal history of a lost land / Patrick French. First Vintage Departures edition. New York : Vintage Books, 2004. 325 pages : maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index. At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Tibet since he was a teenager. He has read its history, agitated for its freedom, and risked arrest to travel through its remote interior. His love and knowledge inform every page of this learned, literate, and impassioned book. Talking with nomads and Buddhist nuns, exiles and collaborators, French portrays a nation demoralized by a half-century of Chinese occupation and forced to depend on the patronage of Western dilettantes. He demolishes many of the myths accruing to Tibet-including those centering around the radiant figure of the Dalai Lama. Combining the best of history, travel writing, and memoir, Tibet, Tibet is a work of extraordinary power and insight. 20130429. French, Patrick. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Description and travel. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) History. LAKCL