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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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Series: | Asia's transformations.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
- 9 Rangoon's new Buddhist landscapesConclusion: state and society; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.