Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and acknowledgments vii
4. A note on transliteration xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 / The Setting 29
7. 2 / Religious Sites and the Practice of Religion 44
8. 3 / The Dilemmas of Education in Tibetan Areas 93
9. 4 / In Search of Tibetan Culture 132
10. 5 / Culture As a Way of Life 153
11. 6 / Tibetan Culture on the Margins: Destruction or Reconstruction? 172
12. Appendixes
13. Appendix 1 Administrative Divisions in the People’s Republic of China 183
14. Appendix 2 Demographic Composition in the Autonomous Prefectures 185
15. Appendix 3 Data on Religion 191
16. Appendix 4 Data on Bilingual Education 209
17. Appendix 5 Place-Names in Chinese and Tibetan 215
18. Appendix 6 Guide for Semi-Structured Interviews 219
19. Notes 223
20. Chinese and Tibetan glossary 251
21. References 263
22. Index 273