Labrang Monastery : a Tibetan Buddhist Community on the Inner Asian Borderlands, 1709-1958.
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.
- 1 online resource (306 pages).
- Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture .
- Studies in modern Tibetan culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-261) and index.
Amdo : an overview -- Tibetan religions in Amdo -- Labrang's society -- Growth and development : the evolution of Labrang Monastery -- Twentieth-century Labrang -- Visions and realities at Labrang.
This book is a social and political history of Labrang Monastery, located in Tibet's Amdo and China's Gansu Province. It includes a study of the religious heritage of the region and its interactions with surrounding ethnic groups and political powers.