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Gateway To Tibet By Robert Ekvall, 1938, 1st Edition:
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Gateway to Tibet: The Kansu-Tibetan Border is a rare, non-fiction book published in 1938 by the prominent American missionary and anthropologist Robert B. Ekvall. Released by Christian Publications Inc. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it was Ekvall's very first published book.Book Overview & Historical Context - The Author: Robert B. Ekvall was born in Min县 (Gansu, China) to missionary parents. He became a highly regarded cultural anthropologist, linguist, and missionary who spent decades living among Tibetan nomads.
- The Subject: The book serves as a historical and cultural record of the Kansu-Tibetan border (modern-day Gansu and Qinghai provinces). It documents the interactions, conflicts, and daily lives of Tibetan nomads, Chinese settlers, and Muslim minorities along the frontier during the turbulent 1930s.
- Missionary Work: It chronicles the efforts of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) trying to establish a foothold in a region that was historically closed and heavily resistant to outside western influence.
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