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Where China meets India : Burma and the new crossroads of Asia
\"An account of the Asian frontier's long and rich history and its modern significance.\"--Publisher's description.
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The Making of Modern Burma
Burma has often been portrayed as a timeless place, a country of egalitarian Buddhist villages, ruled successively by autocratic kings, British colonialists and, most recently, a military dictatorship. The Making of Modern Burma argues instead that many aspects of Burmese society today, from the borders of the state to the social structure of the countryside to the very notion of a Burmese identity, are largely the creations of the nineteenth century - a period of great change - away from the Ava-based polity of early modern times, and towards the 'British Burma' of the 1900s. The book provides a sophisticated and much-needed account of the period, and as such will be an important resource for policy makers and students as a basis for understanding contemporary politics and the challenges of the modern state. It will also be read by historians interested in the British colonial expansion of the nineteenth century.
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The making of modern Burma
Burma has often been portrayed as a timeless place, a country of egalitarian Buddhist villages, ruled successively by autocratic kings, British colonialists and, most recently, a military dictatorship. The Making of Modern Burma argues instead that many aspects of Burmese society today, from the borders of the state to the social structure of the countryside to the very notion of a Burmese identity, are largely the creations of the nineteenth century - a period of great change - away from the Ava-based polity of early modern times, and towards the 'British Burma' of the 1900s. The book provides a sophisticated and much-needed account of the period, and as such will be an important resource for policy makers and students as a basis for understanding contemporary politics and the challenges of the modern state. It will also be read by historians interested in the British colonial expansion of the nineteenth century.
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The Burmese ways to socialism
Peculiarities of Burmese socialism, deeply rooted in xenophobic and autarkic past; beyond the impasse caused by violent unrest of 1988; Buddhist socialism; military socialism
Journal Article
Roads to Mandalay
Burma's colonial days are long gone. Here, a former senior United Nations officer and author of \"The River of Lost Footsteps\", a personal history of Burma, describes how echoes of that era still remain in the country. (Author abstract - amended)
Magazine Article
The UN’s next secretary-general could prevent great power war
Cold war vetoes often paralysed the council. During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, my grandfather, U Thant, was serving as secretary-general. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, secretary-general Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and his mediators negotiated settlements from Cambodia to Central America, facilitating a peaceful end to various cold war conflicts.
Newspaper Article