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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 t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 or Burman 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."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 051104089X 9780511040894 0521780217 9780521780216 0521799147 9780521799140 0511118562 9780511118562 9780511613661 0511613660 1107120012 9781107120013 1280159073 9781280159077 0511158254 9780511158254 0511304900 9780511304903 0511050046 9780511050046 |