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Melvyn C. Goldstein
Born (1938-02-08) February 8, 1938 (age 86)
New York City
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Washington
University of Michigan
Known forTibetology
AwardsMember of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
Joseph Levenson Book Prize Honorable Mention (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsCase Western Reserve University

Melvyn C. Goldstein (born February 8, 1938) is an American social anthropologist and Tibet scholar. He is a professor of anthropology at Case Western Reserve University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

His research focuses on Tibetan society, history and contemporary politics, population studies, polyandry, studies in cultural and development ecology, economic change and cross-cultural gerontology.

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studied specific regions of Tibet and the terms were not universal. Both Melvyn Goldstein and Geoff Childs however classified the population into three main...

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Melvyn

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Chinese Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as also maintaining a form of serfdom. Melvyn Goldstein described Tibet as having had serfdom until 1959, but whether or not...

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Serfdom in Tibet controversy

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S2CID 154807942. Goldstein, Melvyn. Central Asiatic Journal (1971). Taxation and the Structure of a Tibetan village. Goldstein, Melvyn C. Reexamining Choice...

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Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme

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discuss issues as they arose. According to historians Tom A. Grunfeld, Melvyn C. Goldstein and Tsering Shakya, the young Dalai Lama did ratify the Seventeen...

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deferred to the abbot in religious matters. Western historians such as Melvyn Goldstein, Elliot Sperling, and Jaques Gernet have described Tibet during the...

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Battle of Chamdo

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Gangdruk with assistance from the CIA. According to contemporary author Melvyn Goldstein, the campaign aimed to capture the Lhasa army occupying Chamdo, demoralize...

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Tibetan sovereignty debate

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Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein, argue that under international law the threat of military action does not invalidate a treaty. According to Goldstein, the legitimacy...

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Central Tibetan Administration

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and requiring special entry permits for entry.: 120  A 1978 study by Melvyn Goldstein and a 1983 study by Lynn Pulman on Tibetan communities-in-exile in...

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Flag of Tibet

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Lama’s motorcade provided by the royal family. American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein argues that while the Tibetan flag was used by the army, few Tibetans...

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Seventeen Point Agreement

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and as having been signed under duress. According to Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein, the agreement may still be valid even if signed under military threat...

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14th Dalai Lama

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179. Bell, Charles, "Portrait of the Dalai Lama", p. 399. Goldstein, Melvyn C. Goldstein, A history of modern Tibet, pp. 315–317. A 60-Point Commentary...

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Nomad

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(1987). The Songlines Deleuze and Guattari (1980). A Thousand Plateaus Melvyn Goldstein: The Impact of China's Reform Policy on the Nomads of Western Tibet...

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Examples of feudalism

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laws did not extend over the entire country. However, according to Melvyn Goldstein, for the 20th century, the Tibetan political system can not be categorized...

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Simla Convention

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of the parties repudiated it, and neither Tibet nor Britain did so. Melvyn Goldstein, an American Tibetologist from Case Western Reserve University, indicated...

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Jigme Phuntsok

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Tibetan visionary movements in the People's Republic of China". In Melvyn Goldstein and Matthew Kapstein (ed.). Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious...

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Tibet under Qing rule

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protectorate, Tibet retained a large amount of internal authority. Melvyn Goldstein states there is "no question" that Tibet was subordinate to the Qing...

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Human population planning

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permission to have more than one child. According to Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein, natalist feelings run high in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, among...

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Human rights in Tibet

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applicability to Eastern societies is contested by academics. Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein wrote in 1971 that "Tibet was characterized by a form of institutionalized...

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Tibetan Communist Party

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Communist Party founder". 2 July 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2008. Goldstein, Melvyn C. Goldstein/Sherap, Dawei Sherap/Siebenschuh, William R.. A Tibetan Revolutionary:...

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Calm Before the Storm

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of Modern Tibet, Volume 2: The Calm Before the Storm: 1951-1955 by Melvyn Goldstein (2007) The Calm Before the Storm, history book by Itamar Singer The...

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Tibetology

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broader-based research include the work of the American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein, among others, who has produced publications on subjects such as lexical...

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