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Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burmaby Michael Gravers
RoutledgeCurzon 1999; US$ 69.95Probes the complex relationship between nationalism, violence and Buddhism in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Burma, bringing us to present-day Burma and the struggle by Aung San Suu Kyi for a new Burmese identity. more...
The Making of Modern Burmaby Thant Myint-U
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 33.00The book offers a sophisticated and much-needed account of nineteenth-century Burma when, the author argues, many aspects of contemporary Burmese society were created. The book promises to be an important resource for those wishing to understand the politics of the modern state, as well as for imperial historians. more...
Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)by Donald Seekins
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2006; US$ 109.99Burma (Myanmar) is a country in crisis, and a political resolution to its problems of national unity seems unlikely to occur in the near future. The purpose of the Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) is to explain in depth the country's political crisis, while also providing detailed historical background. While paying much attention to the personalities and events of the 1962-1988 Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) period, the dictionary focuses on the events, institutions, and personalities of 1988, when a nationwide movement for democracy resulted in the collapse of the BSPP regime, and the post-1988 period, when Burma was ruled by a military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, which, after 1997, changed its name... more...
Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asiaby Francois Robinne; Mandy Sadan
BRILL 2007; US$ 151.00Drawing on long term fieldwork and research in communities from Assam through to Laos, this book offers a different level of reappraisal of the work of Edmund Leach and offers a significant contribution to the development of a new regional anthropology of Southeast Asia. more...
Myanmar Travel Complete Profileby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 16.80Whether planning your own trip to Myanmar, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
CultureShock! Myanmarby Saw Myat Yin
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 14.39CultureShock! Myanmar is an illuminating guide to the culture and customs of Myanmar, offering readers a peek into this often-forgotten Asian country. Even though Myanmar has relaxed its restrictions on foreign visitors, the country is still relatively isolated compared to the rapidly globalising world. Find out how the Myanmar people cope with the lack of many daily necessities that those in a developed country take for granted. Be well prepared if you have to live in Myanmar with all the advice and information you need. The author provides you with practical tips on what to bring, what to prepare and where to go. In addition, discover fascinating insights into the inner world of the Myanmar people, their culture, traditions and etiquette... more...
For Us Surrender Is Out of the Questionby Mac McClelland
Soft Skull Press 2010; US$ 15.95There are bad things going on in Burma that you don’t know about. There’s a civil war (the world’s longest running, in fact) raging between the government and ethnic rebels. Much of the United States’ heroin comes from there. And there’s the small matter that America helped make it all possible with overt funding and the CIA’s very first secret war. Of course, you wouldn’t know any of this, because Burma is a country nearly shut out from the rest of the world, with the only footage of the carnage coming via groups of young, tough, booze-loving refugees who run into war zones to collect it. And with these refugees is where we find Mac McClelland embedded in her staggering debut, For Us Surrender Is Out... more...
True Love and Bartholomewby Jonathan Falla
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 66.00This book is a portrait of an ancient culture remoulded to the purposes of ethnic rebellion. more...
Burma or Myanmar? The Struggle for National Identityby Lowell Dittmer
World Scientific 2010; US$ 127.00Burma, also known as Myanmar, strategically located between China and India, is one of the largest and most richly endowed states in Southeast Asia. Yet it remains both economically and politically underdeveloped. Why is this so? We argue that much of the reason has to do with an ongoing struggle for national identity. This struggle involves not only whether the state should be authoritarian or democratic, but how Burma's myriad ethnic minorities should be accommodated within it, what external reference national reference groups the country should identify and align with, and how it should move forward. Identity formation normally occurs much earlier in the national developmental process, but Burma has had unusually intransigent problems... more...
Myanmarby N Ganesan; Kyaw Yin Hlaing
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2007; US$ 65.90This volume focuses on some of the most important and topical questions about Myanmar. Many of these issues have not been sufficiently researched, comprehensively compiled, and comparatively examined within the broader Southeast Asian context. Especially important contributions in the book pertain to issues of historical influence and political considerations that have shaped the dominant thinking within the state and the military. There are equally important studies of sensitive topics like ... more...









