When the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they moved to reestablish their "traditional" borders and in 1959 annexed Tibet. Most monasteries were closed, nomads were moved onto communes, the nobility were stripped of privileges, forests were cut, roads were paved, military airfields were constructed, and Tibet's communication with the outside world was cut off. A Portrait of Lost Tibet provides rare documentary photographs of traditional Tibetan life as it had been lived for countless generations before the radical ...
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When the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they moved to reestablish their "traditional" borders and in 1959 annexed Tibet. Most monasteries were closed, nomads were moved onto communes, the nobility were stripped of privileges, forests were cut, roads were paved, military airfields were constructed, and Tibet's communication with the outside world was cut off. A Portrait of Lost Tibet provides rare documentary photographs of traditional Tibetan life as it had been lived for countless generations before the radical disruption effected by the Chinese takeover. Rosemary Jones Tung's text describes the culture Ilya Tolstoy and Brooke Dolan found during their ten-month trek across Tibet in 1942. Tung has selected 131 photographs from the two thousand taken during their expedition.
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Fair. Size: 9x8x1; All proceeds benefit local libraries. Former library with all the usual stamps, markings and labels. Otherwise, no tears, folds or marks on pages. Very usable copy.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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F- 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. xvi, 224, with a frontispiece, 131 plates and a map. A near fine copy. A photographic record of Tibet in 1942, seen through the lenses of Brooke Dolan and Ilya Tolstoy.
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Near Fine/Wraps in Wraps jacket. Tight, no owner name, no wear. A light ink mark on bottom edge. 232 pages. 131 b/w photos document Tibet as it was before Chinese takeover in 1959. ZSBH E4787.