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A history of modern Burma

Autor Michael W. Charney

Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

A history of modern Burma
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Burma has lived under military rule for nearly half a century. The results of its 1990 elections were never recognized by the ruling junta and Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's pro-democracy movement, was denied her victory. She...

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  • Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISBN13 9780521617581
  • ISBN10 0521617588
  • Tipo LIBRO
  • Páginas 256
  • Año de Edición 2009
  • Idioma Inglés

A history of modern Burma

Autor Michael W. Charney

Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Burma has lived under military rule for nearly half a century. The results of its 1990 elections were never recognized by the ruling junta and Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's pro-democracy movement, was denied her victory. She...

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Burma has lived under military rule for nearly half a century. The results of its 1990 elections were never recognized by the ruling junta and Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's pro-democracy movement, was denied her victory. She has been under house-arrest ever since. Now increasingly an economic satellite and political dependent of the People's Republic of China, Burma is at a crossroads. Will it become another North Korea, will it succumb to China's political embrace or will the people prevail? Michael Charney's book - the first general history of modern Burma in over five decades - traces the highs and lows of Burma's history from its colonial past to the devastation of Cyclone Nargis in 2008. By exploring key themes such as the political division between lowland and highland Burma, monastic opposition to state control, the chronic failure to foster economic prosperity, and the ways in which the military has exerted its control over the country, the author explains the forces that have made the country what it is today.

michael w. charney is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His previous publications include Powerful Learning: Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma's Last Dynasty, 1752-1885 (2006) and Southeast Asian Warfare, 1300-1900 (2004).