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Complete Works of Tibetan Murals: Murals in Lhasa
The volume systematically documents mural images from 38 monasteries, manor houses, and private resi..
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Complete Works of Tibetan Murals: Murals in Chamdo
This book contains image documentation of murals from 56 monasteries, manor houses, and residences i..
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Complete Works of Tibetan Murals: Murals in Shigatze, 2 volumes
The Complete Works of Tibetan Murals: Murals in Shigatze (2 volumes), drawing on a digitization proj..
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Complete Works of Tibetan Murals: Murals in Nyingchi, Nagqu, and Ngari
This volume is a comprehensive visual documentation of mural art across three distinct regions of th..
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Szechwan and the Chinese Republic: Provincial Militarism and Central Power, 1911–1938, by Robert A. Kapp
Szechwan and the Chinese Republic: Provincial Militarism and Central Power, 1911–1938 examines the c..
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Provincial Militarism and the Chinese Republic : The Yunnan Army, 1905-1925, by Donald S. Sutton
Provincial Militarism and the Chinese Republic: The Yunnan Army, 1905–1925, is a major study of the ..
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A Society Without Fathers or Husbands? by Zhou Huashan
In A Country Without Fathers or Husbands? Author and researcher Zhou Huashan explores the traditiona..
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A Society Without Fathers or Husbands: the Na of China, by Cai Hua
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Biodiversity in Southwest China and Tibet
Southwest China—especially Yunnan, Sichuan, and the eastern Tibetan Plateau—is among the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots. Its deep valleys, high mountains, and varied climates nurture extraordinary plant and animal life, much of it unknown to the West until the early twentieth century. This natural wealth drew pioneering explorers such as George Forrest, Frank Kingdon Ward, Reginald Farrer, Joseph F. Rock, and Heinrich Handel-Mazzetti, who collected rhododendrons, primulas, lilies, and the famed blue poppy. Ernest Henry Wilson introduced many species to Western gardens. Even Theodore Roosevelt’s sons joined a 1929 expedition that brought the first panda specimen to the United States, sparking widespread fascination.
