Lhasa : : Streets with Memories / / Robert Barnett.
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 nomen...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) :; ‹B›Halftones: ‹/B›20. |
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