Blood, dreams and gold : the changing face of Burma / Richard Cockett.
Blood, dreams and gold : the changing face of Burma / Richard Cockett.
Blood, dreams and gold : the changing face of Burma / Richard Cockett.
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New Haven Yale University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/2257
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
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cartographic image
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still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: 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'...
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New Haven Yale University Press, 2015.
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Connecticut
Date Published
2015.
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"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 as a correspondent for The Economist and witnessed first...
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Blood, dreams and gold : the changing face of Burma / Richard Cockett.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2257
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9780300204513 (hardback)
9780300225976 (paperback)
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959.1
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991023986717802626
