Books about China

[Wendy40 <Wendy40@AOL.COM>]

Hi folks,

I would like some input on this,  please.

I recently ordered, and received, 40 books in the Visual Geography Series.  I
am generally quite pleased with the series, and the teachers seem happy with
it.  However, I have a problem with the book about China, that being that
there is no mention at all of Tibet ever having been its own country.

I know that this offends me personally, and seems to me to be withholding
information; what I'm looking for is input on whether I am being objective
about this.

The index lists Tibet...and says, "see Xizang."  The only mention of Tibet as
having ever been Tibet is "Attention focused on the Autonomous Region of
Xizang.  In 1950--when the region was still known as Tibet--the Chinese had
invaded.  Frequent uprisings occurred in the 1950s as the Tibetans resisted
full integration into Chinese culture." (p. 39).  There is no mention of the
Dalai Lama in exile, no explanation of the differences in culture, or mention
that the Tibetans still consider themselves to be Tibetan, and not Chinese.

Does anyone have any insight on this for me?  Or, barring that, a
recommendation for another book about China? Or both, even :-).  This is
driving me NUTS.

Thank you.

Wendy

Wendy Stoll, Librarian
Walden School
Louisville, KY                      Wendy40@aol.com

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