Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands

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"Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands" is a scholarly illustrated volume by Michael Aris that presents and interprets explorer Joseph Rock’s early 20th-century photographic record of the Tibetan border regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
scholarly illustrated volume
about Tibetan frontier societies
Tibetan lamas
brigands in Tibetan borderlands
exploration of Tibetan border regions
local princes
visual documentation of Tibet
author Michael Aris NERFINISHED
basedOn photographic record by Joseph Rock
contains historical interpretation
photographic reproductions
scholarly commentary
documents Tibetan political elites
Tibetan religious life
banditry in border regions
material culture of Tibetan borderlands
featuresWorkOf explorer Joseph Rock NERFINISHED
field Central Asian studies NERFINISHED
Tibetan studies
photographic history
genre historical study
photography book
hasIllustrations black-and-white photographs
intendedAudience historians of photography
readers interested in Central Asian history
scholars of Tibet
language English
mainFocus Tibetan border regions
early 20th-century photographs
medium print
perspectiveProvidedBy Michael Aris NERFINISHED
setting Tibetan cultural regions
subject Joseph Rock NERFINISHED
Tibetan borderlands
timePeriodCovered early 20th century
typeOfAnalysis cultural analysis of Tibetan borderlands
historical interpretation of photographs

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Michael Aris notableWork Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands