Blood, dreams and gold the changing face of Burma

Blood, dreams and gold the changing face of Burma

"Burma is one of the largest countries in Southeast Asia and was once one of its richest. Under successive military regimes, however, the country eventually ended up as one of the poorest countries in Asia, a byword for repression and ethnic violence. Richard Cockett spent years in the region a...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Cockett, Richard (Auteur)
Resource Type: Boek
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: New Haven Yale University Press ©2015.
Onderwerpen:
Civil war > Burma > History.
Authoritarianism > Burma > History.
Social change > Burma > History.
Interviews > Burma.
Burma > History > 1948- .
Burma > History > 1824-1948.
Burma > Politics and government.
Burma > Colonial influence.
Inhoudsopgave:
  • The Burmese mosaic
  • "A world at its zenith" : Rangoon, commerce and colonialism
  • The generals' revenge
  • Burmanisation
  • Under enemy occupation : the test of the Kachin
  • The catastrophe of drugs : the Karen and Shan
  • An embarrassment of poverty : Burma's collapse
  • The Lady's not for turning : the challenge of the NLD
  • Change from the top : Than Shwe to Thein Sein
  • A new "great game" : the geopolitics of change
  • Burma's future and the ghosts of the plural society.