Thant Myint-U, Thant, Thant Myint-U

The Making of Modern Burma

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A much-needed history of nineteenth-century Burma which lays down the foundations of the modern state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780521799140
• ISBN-10: 0521799147
• Artikelnr.: 21529951

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the fall of Mandalay
1. Kings and distant wars
2. The Irrawaddy Valley in the early nineteenth century
3. The court of Ava
4. Empire and identity
5. The grand reforms of King Mindon
6. Revolt and the coming of British rule
7. Reformists and royalists at the court of King Thibaw
8. War and occupation
9. A colonial society
Conclusions: the making of modern Burma.