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ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press 2006-02-21, New York |[Great Britain]] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press 2006-02-21, New York |[Great Britain]] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, Halftones: 20, BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635. . 2006. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
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Hardback. New. There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of Stalinist, rectangular blocks houses the new nomenklatura. Crumbling mansions, once home to noble ministers, famous lovers, nationalist spies, and covert revolutionaries, now serve as shopping malls and faux-antique hotels. Each embodiment of the city partakes of the others' memories, whispered across time and along the city streets. In this imaginative new work, Robert Barnett offers a powerful and lyrical exploration of a city long idealized, disregarded, or misunderstood by outsiders. Looking to its streets and stone, Robert Barnett presents a searching and unforgettable portrait of Lhasa, its history, and its illegibility. His book not only offers itself as a manual for thinking about contemporary Tibet but also questions our ways of thinking about foreign places. Barnett juxtaposes contemporary accounts of Tibet, architectural observations, and descriptions by foreign observers to describe Lhasa and its current status as both an ancient city and a modern Chinese provincial capital. His narrative reveals how historical layering, popular memory, symbolism, and mythology constitute the story of a city. Besides the ancient Buddhist temples and former picnic gardens of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa describes ...
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
Columbia University Press 2006 Hard cover New Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, Halftones: 20, . BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635. 2006. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century temple built to pin down a supine demoness. A web of Stalinist, rectangular blocks houses the new nomenklatura. Crumbling mansions, once home to noble ministers, famous lovers, nationalist spies, and covert revolutionaries, now serve as shopping malls and faux-antique hotels. Each embodiment of the city partakes of the others' memories, whispered across time and along the city streets.In this imaginative new work, Robert Barnett offers a powerful and lyrical exploration of a city long idealized, disregarded, or misunderstood by outsiders. Looking to its streets and stone, Robert Barnett presents a searching and unforgettable portrait of Lhasa, its history, and its illegibility. His book not only offers itself as a manual for thinking about contemporary Tibet but also questions our ways of thinking about foreign places. Barnett juxtaposes contemporary accounts of Tibet, architectural observations, and descriptions by foreign observers to describe Lhasa and its current status as both an ancient city and a modern Chinese provincial capital. His narrative reveals how historical layering, popular memory, symbolism, and mythology constitute the story of a city. ...
Columbia University Press, Date: 2006. First Columbia U Press. Hardback, Dustjacket. Very Good. Some jacket wear from storage.. Sun damage 2006. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231136803 9780231136808 [US]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover First Edition Signed simply "Robert Barnett" on half-title page, this hardcover first edition is clean and pristine: gift quality. Essays about Lhasa in Tibet. [Paonia, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2 [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press, NY] Hardcover First Edition Cloth. Fine in dustjacket.; 8vo [Portland, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. [Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. [Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover 8vo. Pp: xii, 219. Original colour illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's black boards with red lettering to spine and rear. Endpapers illustrated with map of Lhasa. Illustrated throughout with pen drawings.ISBN: 0231136803 Near fine boards, with small mark to bottom page block. Very good+ dust jacket with minor crease to rear edge. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover 8vo. Pp: xii, 219. Original colour illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's black boards with red lettering to spine and rear. Endpapers illustrated with map of Lhasa. Illustrated throughout with pen drawings.ISBN: 0231136803 Near fine boards, with small mark to bottom page block. Very good+ dust jacket with minor crease to rear edge. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
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Columbia University Press 2006 Hard cover Very Good Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Columbia University Press 2006 Hardcover Good Ex library hardback with DJ; usual stamps/markings. A very good, clean copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 28B*
New York Columbia University Press 2006 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 244 p. Contains: Halftones, black & white. Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture.
New York,, Date: 2006. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Near fine boards, with small mark to bottom page block. Very good+ dust jacket with minor crease to rear edge.. Karen Diemberger. 8vo. Pp: xii, 219. Original colour illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's black boards with red lettering to spine and rear. Endpapers illustrated with map of Lhasa. Illustrated throughout with pen drawings.ISBN: 0231136803 2006. ISBN 0231136803 9780231136808 [GB]
Columbia University Press, Date: 2006. Hardcover. Good/Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear, with dedication on title page - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. 2006. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231136803 9780231136808 [GB]
ISBN10: 0231136803, ISBN13: 9780231136808, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Has some light general reading/shelfwear, with dedication on title page - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. [Hove, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
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