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The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire
- Title
- The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire / J. Jeffrey Franklin.
- Author
- Franklin, J. Jeffrey.
- Publication
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 273 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-263) and index.
- Contents
- The life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain -- Buddhism and the emergence of late-Victorian hybrid religions -- Romances of reincarnation, karma, and desire -- Buddhism and the empire of the self in Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion : the afterlife of Nirvana -- Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism -- Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-8509
- ISBN
- 9780801447303 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801447305 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008022869
- OCLC
- 228371993
- Author
- Franklin, J. Jeffrey.
- Title
- The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire / J. Jeffrey Franklin.
- Imprint
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-263) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-8509