01066nam a22001457a 4500020001800000082001700018100003100035245019600066260003200262300001400294520049800308650002600806650004700832650004100879  a9789391928421  a950.3bLON-O  aLandon, Perceval eauthor.  aThe Opening of Tibet:bAn Account of Lhasa and the Country and people of Central Tibet and of the progress of Mission sent there by the English Government in the Year 1903-4c Perceval Landon  aNew Delhi:bManohar,c1905,  axv, 484p.  aPercival Landon was the special correspondent of the Times of London, who accompanied the military expedition of Col. Younghusband in 1903-04. This book is not only a narrative of the march, but also describes what the first Western eyes saw. It is often political in its tone, but also gives us an insight into the daily lives of Tibetans, their religion, mannerisms, and customs, though not in exhaustive detail. It gives a non-militaristic and journalistic view of the operation of 1903-04.  aTibetvEnglish Misson  aEnglish GovernmentvMissonxHistoryzLhasa  aSocial LifevPeoplexReligionzLhasa