From left: Phünwang, Dalai Lama, Chen Yi, Panchen Lama. Lhasa 1956, inauguration of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Additional Resources on the Tibetan Social System
Surkhang Wangchen Gelek
- 1999: On the Panchen Lama, TSIN October 1999
John Kenneth Knaus
- 2003: Official Policies and Covert Programs: The U.S. States Department, the CIA, and the Tibetan Resistance
[Journal of Cold War Studies, Volume 5, Number 3, 2003: 54-79.]
Thierry Mathou
- Bhutan-China Relations: Towards a New Step in Himalayan Politics.
[The Spider and the Piglet - Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Bhutan Studies.]
Paul K. Nietupski
- 2009: The Fourth Belmang: Bodhisattva, Estate Lord, Tibetan Militia Leader, and Chinese Government Official.
[Asian Highlands Perspectives. 1 (2009), 187-211.]
Dawa Norbu
- 1979: The 1959 Tibetan Rebellion: An Interpretation.
[The China Quarterly. No.77 (Mar., 1979), pp. 74-93.]
David Peng
- 2014: "Final Thoughts" available in Chinese on David Peng's blog.
[A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3, Chapter 15, In Chinese on David Peng's blog.]
Michael Rank
- 2003: Frank Ludlow and the English School in Tibet, 1923-1926.
[Asian Affairs, Vol.XXXIV, No. 1, pp. 33-45, 2003.]
Louis M. J. Schram
- 2006: The Monguors of the Kansu-Tibetan Frontier.
[Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 2006 edition]
Mona Schrempf
- 2002: The Earth-ox and the Snowlion.
[T. Huber (ed.), Tibetan Revival in Modern Amdo: Society and Culture During the Late 20th Century (PIATS, Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers), pp. 147-171, 2002] - 2006: Hwa-shang at the Border: Transformations of History and Identity in Modern Amdo.
[Journal of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (JIATS), No. 2, August 2006]
Alice Travers
- 2011: The Careers of the Noble Officials of the Ganden Phodrang (1895-1959): Organization and Hereditary Divisions within the Service of State.
[Revue d'Etudes Tibetaines, 21, October 2011, p155-174]
Unknown Chinese Author
- 1895: A General History of Tibet
[1895. Author and translator from the Chinese are unknown.]