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Burma/Myanmar : what everyone needs to know / David I. Steinberg

Author
Steinberg, David I., 1928-
Published
Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxxi, 216 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
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Contents
The crises that are Burma/Myanmar -- Important residues form the Precolonial period -- The Colonial Era's importance in understanding Burma/Myanmar today -- Independence and the civilian government (1948-1962) : mixed heritages -- The military coup, the Socialist Period (1962-1988), and the perpetuation of military rule -- The SLORC/SPDC Era (1988-present) : continuation of military power -- The nature of Burmese politics -- Issues in Myanmar's future.
Summary
In the past two decades, Burma/Myanmar has become a front-page topic in newspapers across the world. This former British colony has one of the most secretive, corrupt, and repressive regimes on the planet, yet it houses a Nobel Peace Prize winner who is and in and out of house arrest. It has an ancient civilization that is mostly unknown to Westerners, yet it was an important--and legendary--theater in World War II. A picturesque land with mountain jungles and monsoon plains, it is one of the world's largest producers of heroin. It has a restive Buddhist monk population that has captured the a.
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ISBN
9780199739516 (electronic bk.)
019973951X (electronic bk.)
9780195390674 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780195390681 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0195390687 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0195390679 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-194) and index.
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