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The 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.
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'... an important contribution towards understanding Burmese history and political developments prior to British annexation in the nineteenth century.' The Book Review
'... this is a fascinating account with many new angles of the nineteenth-century kingdom and the impact on it of the British Empire.' The Times Literary Supplement
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Burma has often been portrayed as a timeless place, a country of egalitarian Buddhist villages, ruled successively by autocratic kings, British colonialists and, most recently, a military dictatorship. The Making of Modern Burma argues instead that many aspects of Burmese society today, from the borders of the state to the social structure of the countryside to the very notion of a Burmese identity, are largely the creations of the nineteenth century - a period of great change - away from the Ava-based polity of early modern times, and towards the 'British Burma' of the 1900s. The book provides a sophisticated and much-needed account of the period, and as such will be an important resource for policy makers and students as a basis for understanding contemporary politics and the challenges of the modern state. It will also be read by historians interested in the British colonial expansion of the nineteenth century.
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- VerlagCambridge University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum2008
- ISBN 10 0521799147
- ISBN 13 9780521799140
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Anzahl der Seiten296
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The Making of Modern Burma.
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Cambridge University Press., Cambridge., 2001
ISBN 10: 0521799147
ISBN 13: 9780521799140
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