William Montgomery Mcgovern

To Lhasa In Disguise

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The author, a non-Tibetan, lived, dressed, and behaved as a Tibetan in order to travel through the country undetected. He provides here an excellent description of the diplomatic, political, military and industrial situation of the country in the 1920s, with a wealth of compelling stories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780710310606
• ISBN-10: 0710310609
• Artikelnr.: 20990211

Autorenporträt

William Montgomery Mcgovern

Inhaltsangabe

I TIBET AND THE TIBETANS II THE FIRST ATTEMPT III BRITISH INFLUENCE IN
SIKKIM IV ON THE TRADE-ROUTE V GYANGTSE: A BRITISH OUTPOST. VI PREPARATIONS
FOR THE NEW ATTEMPT VII FROM JUNGLE TO GLACIER VIII TRAPPED IN THE PASSES
IX II VICTORY TO THE GODS I X THE DISGUISE TESTED XI PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
XII LIFE ON THE PLAINS XIII ON TO SHIGATSE XIV THE ROAD OF ENCHANTMENT XV
SHIGATSE ONWARD XVI ALONG THE BRAHMAPUTRA. XVII GOSSIP AND CUSTOMS. XVIII
INTO THE LION'S MOUTH XIX RUNNING THE GAUNTLET XX THE GOAL IN SIGHT XXI
EXPOSED XXII THE STRONG MAN OF TIBET XXIII BEFORE THE CITY MAGISTRATES XXIV
SECRET MEETING WITH DALAI LAMA XXV MODERNISING LHASA