Screen LibraryA history of modern Burma
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York [N.Y.] |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 241 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521852111 (hardback) 9780521617581 (pbk.) 0521852110 (hardback) 0521617588 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | D733 |
| CLC: | D733.79 |
| Call Number: | D733.79/C483 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-233) and index. Burma under colonial rule -- The colonial center -- Self-government without independence, 1937-1947 -- The democratic experiment, 1948-1958 -- Dress rehearsals, 1958-1962 -- The Revolutionary Council -- The BSPP years -- Toward democracy, 1988-1990 -- Perpetual delay, 1990 to the present. From the Publisher: 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 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? |