Author: | Jianglin Li | ISBN: | 9780674973701 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | October 10, 2016 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Jianglin Li |
ISBN: | 9780674973701 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | October 10, 2016 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
Jianglin Li provides the first clear historical account of the Chinese crackdown in Lhasa in 1959. Sifting facts from the distortions of propaganda and partisan politics, she reconstructs a chronology of events that answers lingering questions and tells a gripping story of a crisis whose aftershocks continue to rattle the region today.
Jianglin Li provides the first clear historical account of the Chinese crackdown in Lhasa in 1959. Sifting facts from the distortions of propaganda and partisan politics, she reconstructs a chronology of events that answers lingering questions and tells a gripping story of a crisis whose aftershocks continue to rattle the region today.