Britain and Tibet 1765-1947

Britain and Tibet 1765-1947
Author: Julie G. Marshall
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 658
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415336475

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period 1765 to 1947. As such it also involves British relations with Russia and China, and with the Himalayan states of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti, Kumaon and Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam, in so far as British policy towards these states was affected by her desire to establish relations with Tibet. It also covers a subject of some importance in contemporary diplomacy. It was the legacy of unresolved problems concerning Tibet and its borders, bequeathed to India by Britain in 1947, which led to border disputes and ultimately to war between India and China in 1962. These borders are still in dispute today. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims to independence, an issue of current importance. The work is divided into a number of sections and subsections, based on chronology, geography and events. The introductions to each of the sections provide a condensed and informative history of the period and place the books and article in their historical context. Most entries are also annotated. This work is therefore both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history.

Britain and Tibet 1765-1947

Britain and Tibet 1765-1947
Author: Julie Marshall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2004-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134327854

This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period from 1765 to 1947. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims to independence, an issue of current importance. The work is divided into a number of sections and subsections, based on chronology, geography and events. The introductions to each of the sections provide a condensed and informative history of the period and place the books and articles in their historical context. This work is both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history.

Asian Empire and British Knowledge

Asian Empire and British Knowledge
Author: U. Hillemann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230246753

British knowledge about China changed fundamentally in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Rather than treating these changes in British understanding as if Anglo-Sino relations were purely bilateral, this study looks at how British imperial networks in India and Southeast Asia were critical mediators in the British encounter of China.

Reframing the Buffer State in Contemporary International Relations

Reframing the Buffer State in Contemporary International Relations
Author: Bibek Chand
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2023-05-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000868125

This book explores buffer states' agency beyond being highly interactive spaces for the competing strategic and security interests of larger powers. Analyzing 21 political events, the author offers a new conceptual framework for the buffer state, which emphasizes strategic utility and agency. Applying this to the case study of Nepal as a buffer state between India and China, he offers a systematic analysis of Sino-Indian interests in the wider region, and Nepal’s interactions with and reactions to them, and argues that the buffer state in contemporary international relations is characterized by intense competitive overtures from its contending neighboring states. However, the buffer state is not just a spectator but an active participant that consistently assesses and reassesses its geopolitical position in between much larger competing powers. This reading offers a new understanding of the buffer state as a highly dynamic political space wherein the levels of influence and strategies of bigger powers can be examined. Aimed at a multidisciplinary audience, this book will be of particular interest to scholars, practitioners and students of international relations, security studies, strategic studies, and Asian Studies.

The Empire And the Khanate

The Empire And the Khanate
Author: L. J. Newby
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004145508

Drawing on Qing archival sources, from the Qianlong era to the mid-19th century, this study charts the changes in Qing policy that characterized the empire's relations with the Central Asian khanate of Khoqand, and shows how these developments impacted on the northwestern frontier of Xinjiang.

Thapa Politics in Nepal

Thapa Politics in Nepal
Author: K. L. Pradhan
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012
Genre: Nepal
ISBN: 9788180698132

Bhimasena Thapa, 1775-1839, former prime minister of Nepal.

Himalayan People's War

Himalayan People's War
Author: Michael Hutt
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2004
Genre: Communism
ISBN: 9780253345226

Provides authoritative background and interpretation of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal.