To Lhasa in Disguise

ISBN-13: 9781138985711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 384 str.

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Opis

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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