Grades 9-12
THE FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA OF TIBET
The 14th Dalai Lama: Spiritual Leader of Tibet
The
14th Dalai Lama: Spiritual Leader of Tibet
By Whitney Stewart. A biography of The Dalai Lama written
for young readers. It discusses the history of Tibet and
the role this global leader plays in his country's spiritual
and political life. Includes many photographs.
Paper. 128 Pages. $7.95
Also see related Life and Time Magazine issues in Tibet: Rare
and Out of Print section
MODERN TIBET: CURRENT TIBETAN SITUATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, CULTURAL
SURVIVAL, AND TIBETAN EXILE EXPERIENCE
The
Anguish of Tibet
Edited by Petra Kelly, Gert Bastian, and Pat Aiello. An
important collection of 24 essays, articles, and speeches,
on the current Tibetan situation, with a blend of Tibetan
and non-Tibetan scholars, political leaders and activists
speaking about Tibetan history, the Chinese occupation,
the issue of independence, human rights, environmental issues
and political initiatives. Includes an appendices of primary
source documents from Treaties to UN Resolutions.
(H,T) Paper. 382 Pages. $17.00
In
Exile from the Land of Snows
By John Avedon. Considered a primer on the current Tibetan
situation, recounting the modern history of Tibet from 1933
through the Chinese invasion, the exile of The Dalai Lama
and the evolution of the contemporary Tibetan Diaspora.
With chapters on the Tibetan resistance movement, Tibetan
medicine, and Tibet's Chief Oracle. This updated edition
contains a useful timeline and an in-depth interview with
The Dalai Lama. Recommended as a text for high school and
college classes.
(H,T) Paper. 456 Pages. $16.00
A
Strange Liberation: Tibetan Lives in Chinese Hands
By David Patt. The accounts of two Tibetans, a woman from
Eastern Tibet and a former Tibetan government official in
Lhasa, who tell what it was like to live in Tibet during
the first 30 years of Chinese communist rule.
Paper. 268 Pages. $12.95
Tashi
Jong: A Traditional Tibetan Community in Exile
A film by Barbara Green and the Tibetan Video Project. An
award winning documentary about villagers from a community
in the Kham Province of Tibet who flee their homeland after
the Chinese occupation and resettle as a community in the
foothills of Northern India. The lama who arranges this
resettlement named their village Tashi Jong or Auspicious
Valley, and helped create a self-sustaining Tibetan enclave
in exile The film offers a model for the sustainability
of traditional culture, once insulated from the outside
world, now redefining itself in a modern world. A valuable
cross-cultural source for teaching students (grade 5 & up)
about elements and patterns of culture and the growing trend
of vanishing traditional culture. Educational themes: traditional
culture, exile experience, diaspora, sustainability, education,
cultural survival.
(H) Video. 45 minutes. $30.00
TIBET: HISTORY, CIVILIZATION, AND TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Feminine
Ground: Essays on Women & Tibet
Edited by Janice Willis. A collection of essays by scholars
that explore women issues and female role models in ancient
and contemporary Tibet.
(H,T) Paper. 164 Pages. $12.95
Tashi Jong:
A Traditional Tibetan Community in Exile
A film by Barbara Green and the Tibetan Video Project. An
award winning documentary about villagers from a community
in the Kham Province of Tibet who flee their homeland after
the Chinese occupation and resettle as a community in the
foothills of Northern India. The lama who arranges this
resettlement named their village Tashi Jong or Auspicious
Valley, and helped create a self-sustaining Tibetan enclave
in exile The film offers a model for the sustainability
of traditional culture, once insulated from the outside
world, now redefining itself in a modern world. A valuable
cross-cultural source for teaching students (grade 5 & up)
about elements and patterns of culture and the growing trend
of vanishing traditional culture. Educational themes: traditional
culture, exile experience, diaspora, sustainability, education,
cultural survival.
(H) Video. 45 minutes. $35.00
Tibet
Stamp Set
Reprints of Tibet's first stamp issues in 1912. Evidence
of Tibet's independence as a nation state.
Five sets of 12 gummed stamps. $5.00
TIBET: ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY
Tibet:
Enduring Spirit/Exploited Land
By Robert Apte and Andres Edwards. A comprehensive case
study of traditional Tibetan land use and ecological wisdom,
contrasted with the current, endangered natural environment
resulting from Communist Chinese rule. Recommended as a
text for high school or college.
(H,T) Cloth. 175 Pages. On Sale $24.00 ($29.95 retail)
