Tibet: Behind the Ice Curtain
- ISBN-10
- 0246135948
- ISBN-13
- 9780246135940
- Series
- Tibet
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Grafton
- Author
- Vanya Kewley
Description
Verslag van een illegale reis door de binnenlanden van Tibet waarbij veel aandacht is voor de negatieve effecten van de Chinese onderdrukking sedert 1949.
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