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The making of modern Burma /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thant Myint-U
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Burma > History > 19th century.
Burma > History > 1824-1948.
Burma > History > To 1824.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the fall of Mandalay
  • Kings and distant wars
  • The Irrawaddy valley in the early nineteenth century
  • The Court of Ava
  • Empire and identity
  • The grand reforms of King Mindon
  • Revolt and the coming of British rule
  • Reformists and royalists at the court of King Thibaw
  • War and occupation
  • A colonial society
  • Conclusion: the making of modern Burma.