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Road News from Tibet

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  • © 1993

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  1. Richard Langlais

    1. Human Ecology Section, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Chengdu: The Centre is the Edge

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 1-7

  3. Chengdu to Kangding: The First Pass

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 8-19

  4. Kangding to Garzê: The Valleys of Resistance

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 20-45

  5. Garzê to Dêgê: Propositions

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 46-76

  6. Dêgê to Jomda: Beyond the Yangtze

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 77-89

  7. Jomda to Chamdo: Ancient Hot Springs

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 90-113

  8. Chamdo to Riwoqê: “We Know where we are, but not where we’re going”

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 114-131

  9. Riwoqê to Dêngqên: “Do you want to buy my Buddha?”

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 132-148

  10. Dêngqên to Sendo: Caterpillar Economy

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 149-161

  11. Sendo to Baqê: “In the middle of the Nowhere”

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 162-195

  12. Baqê to Nagchu: Science City

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 196-207

  13. Lhasa: The Edge is the Centre

    • Richard Langlais
    Pages 208-215

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 217-227
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About this book

A satellite passes. It dips lower in its orbit to have a closer look at Central Asia. The sweep of its vision glosses the Celestial Mountains and the Mountains of Chaos. Its prying lenses probe the Taklamakhan, the Himalaya and the headwaters of Asia's greatest rivers. Mother Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Yellow River, the Salween, Yangtze and Mekong all lie exposed beneath its arc. It's focus is Tibet. At least a few satellites pass over Tibet these days. Their observations are crisp and hard, terse and digital. Statistics are collected while hardy people sleep softly on the land below. Most of the Tibetan people have never heard of satellites. They revere the sun, the moon and the stars, while respecting the harsh winds that can change the temper of a day in moments. Although some of the stars are seen to move very quickly now, the Tibetans' spiritual centre remains Lhasa, around which their lives gravitate no matter how far away from it their homes might be.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Human Ecology Section, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

    Richard Langlais

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Road News from Tibet

  • Authors: Richard Langlais

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78363-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-56965-7Published: 30 September 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78363-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 227

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geography, general

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