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State and Society in Modern Rangoon.
While most of Asia's major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma's former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Colección: | Asia's transformations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: the "abode of the king" and the "city of peace"; 1 The Shwedagon Pagoda: sacred space and power politics; 2 The rise and fall of British Rangoon, 1824-1941; 3 Landscapes of resistance in colonial Rangoon; 4 The city from war to military rule, 1941-1958; 5 The city under military rule, 1958-1988; 6 Covert and overt resistance to the state, 1962-1976; 7 Rangoon from popular uprising to pacification, 1987-1988; 8 Transforming Rangoon, 1988-2009. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 9 Rangoon's new Buddhist landscapesConclusion: state and society; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a While most of Asia's major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma's former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of Buddhist pilgrimage and devotion since the early second millennium C.E. that continues to play a major role in national life. In 1852, the British occupied Rangoon and made it their colonial capital, building a modern port and administrative center based on western designs. It became the capital of independe. | ||
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