To Lhasa in Disguise

ISBN-13: 9780710310606 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 382 str.

William Montgomery McGovern

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

William Montgomery Mcgovern