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Melvyn C. Goldstein

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in New York CIty, New York, The United States

February 08, 1938

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Melvyn C. Goldstein is John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and Codirector of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 616 ratings · 82 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama 3.88 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1997 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State 4.46 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tibetan Revolutionary: The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phüntso Wangye by Melvyn C. Goldstein, Dawei Sherap, William R. Siebenschuh 4.34 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Modern Tibet, volume 2: The Calm before the Storm: 1951-1955 4.61 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomads of Western Tibet: The Survival of a Way of Life by Melvyn C. Goldstein (Photographer), Cynthia M. Beall (Photographer) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3: The Storm Clouds Descend, 1955–1957 (Philip E. Lilienthal Books) 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity by Melvyn C. Goldstein (Editor), Orville Schnell (Foreword), Matthew T. Kapstein (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 4: In the Eye of the Storm, 1957-1959 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odyssey Illustrated Guide to the Changing World of the Mongolian Nomads 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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