History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3

Melvyn C. Goldstein is John Reynolds Harkness Professor in Anthropology, Codirector of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of many books on Tibet, including A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye (with Dawei Sherap and William R. Siebenschuh), Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan: A Reading Course and Reference Grammar, and volumes 1 and 2 of A History of Modern Tibet, all published by UC Press.

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Glossary of Key People and Terms Ganzi County Names in Tibetan and Chinese 1. First Steps 2. Pushback 3. Mao's "Socialist Transformation Campaign" and Democratic Reforms in Sichuan 4. The Khamba Uprising Begins 5. The Rise of Jenkhentsisum 6. Jenkhentsisum Expands and India Invites the Dalai Lama 7. The Monlam Incident of 1956 and Its Aftermath 8. The Chinese Government Responds to the Uprising 9. The Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (PCTAR) 10. Fan Ming's "Great Expansion" 11. The Dalai Lama Visits India 12. The Khambas, JKTS, and the CIA 13. The Dalai Lama Returns 14. The "Great Contraction" and the "Great Discontinuance" 15. Final Thoughts Appendix A. Appeal of Thubten Nyenjik [JKTS] to the Queen of England Appendix B. Correct Tibetan Spellings References Index

"[The] analysis in Melvyn Goldstein's great history are invaluable and incomparable. Goldstein reveals the deeper, often disconcerting record." New York Review of Books