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Overview"Born in 1941, Tubten Khétsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. Khétsun himself was arrested while defending the Dalai Lama's summer palace, and after four years in prisons and labor camps, he spent close to two decades in Lhasa as a requisitioned laborer and ""class enemy."" In this eloquent autobiography, Khétsun describes what life was like during those troubled years. His account is one of the most dispassionate, detailed, and readable firsthand descriptions yet published of Tibet under the Communist occupation. Khétsun talks of his prison experiences as well as the state of civil society following his release, and he offers keenly observed accounts of well-known events, such as the launch of the Cultural Revolution, as well as lesser-known aspects of everyday life in occupied Lhasa. Since Communist China continues to occupy Tibet, the facts of this era remain obscure, and few of those who lived through it have recorded their experiences at length. Khétsun's story will captivate any reader seeking a refreshingly human account of what occurred during the Maoists' shockingly brutal regime." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tubten Khétsun , Matthew AkesterPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.468kg ISBN: 9780231142878ISBN 10: 0231142870 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 15 April 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsTranslator's Introduction Preface 1. The Story of My Family 2. My Childhood 3. The March 10th Uprising 4. The Chinese Fan the Flames of War 5. Imprisoned at the Tibet Military District Headquarters 6. Imprisoned at the Norbu Lingka Barracks 7. At the Nga-chen Power Station Construction Site 8. In Tering Prison 9. In Drapchi Prison 10. The Trong-nying Prison Farm 11. Back Home from Prison 12. The Agitation by the Muslims of Woba-ling 13. The Fall of the Panchen Lama 14. The Misuse of Education 15. The Establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region 16. The Onset of the Cultural Revolution 17. The June 7th Massacre 18. A Disastrous New Year 19. Old Tsampa in Old Meru 20. The Sino-Soviet War Brings Increased Oppression 21. The One Smash and Three Antis Campaign 22. The Great Massacre 23. PLA Soldiers Destroy the Fruits of the People's Labor in the Marshes 24. The Systematic Destruction of Ganden Monastery 25. Sent to Kongpo for the Second Time 26. The Xichao Dachang Timber Yard 27. The Tolung Power Station Construction Camp 28. The Lin Biao Affair 29. The Defamation Campaign 30. Socialist Transformation 31. The Banak-shol Production Cooperative 32. The Farmer's Life 33. The Death of Mao Zedong and Subsequent Developments 34. The Rewards of My Hard Work 35. Working in the Potala Palace 36. At the Tibet Academy of Social Science Epilogue: Leaving Tibet IndexReviewsDemonstrates in full detail the human tragedy of Maoist rule in a land whose tradition it despised and tried to destroy. Kirkus Reviews 12/1/07 A welcome and informative addition on this little-understood and highly polemicized subject. -- George Fitzherbert Times Literary Supplement 4/4/08 This book provides an important piece of the puzzle for those seeking to understand the experience of ordinary Tibetans since 1959. -- Rick Carew Far Eastern Economic Review 4/4/08 evocatively written and beautifully translated China Review International vol 15, no 3, 2008 A powerful indictment of the physical and psychological exploitation of the Tibetan people and natural environment in the service of building a new China. -- Benno Ryan Weiner The Journal of Asian Studies Vol 68, No 2 "Demonstrates in full detail the human tragedy of Maoist rule in a land whose tradition it despised and tried to destroy. Kirkus Reviews A welcome and informative addition on this little-understood and highly polemicized subject. -- George Fitzherbert Times Literary Supplement This book provides an important piece of the puzzle for those seeking to understand the experience of ordinary Tibetans since 1959. -- Rick Carew Far Eastern Economic Review evocatively written and beautifully translated China Review International A powerful indictment of the physical and psychological exploitation of the Tibetan people and natural environment in the service of building a ""new"" China. -- Benno Ryan Weiner The Journal of Asian Studies" Demonstrates in full detail the human tragedy of Maoist rule in a land whose tradition it despised and tried to destroy. Kirkus Reviews A welcome and informative addition on this little-understood and highly polemicized subject. -- George Fitzherbert Times Literary Supplement This book provides an important piece of the puzzle for those seeking to understand the experience of ordinary Tibetans since 1959. -- Rick Carew Far Eastern Economic Review evocatively written and beautifully translated China Review International A powerful indictment of the physical and psychological exploitation of the Tibetan people and natural environment in the service of building a new China. -- Benno Ryan Weiner The Journal of Asian Studies Author InformationMatthew Akester is an independent researcher and translator working in the field of Tibetan history. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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