The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of BurmaFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 15.05.2007 - 384 Seiten For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in their attempts to bring about a freer and more democratic Burma—through sanctions and tourist boycotts—only to see an apparent slide toward even harsher dictatorship. But what do we really know about Burma and its history? And what can Burma's past tell us about the present and even its future? |
Inhalt
Debating Burma | 31 |
Pirates and Princes Along the Bay of Bengal | 63 |
The Consequences of Patriotism | 88 |
War | 107 |
Mandalay | 131 |
Transitions | 163 |
Studying in the Age of Extremism | 198 |
Making the Battlefield | 220 |
Alternative Utopias | 257 |
The Tigers Tail | 290 |
Palimpsest | 321 |
Afterword | 349 |
Acknowledgments | 369 |
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