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Author Leigh, Michael D.

Title The collapse of British rule in Burma : the civilian evacuation and independence / Michael D. Leigh.

Imprint London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index.
Summary "In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands of evacuees were trapped in a huge area of no-man's-land in the north. They made their way to India through the so-called 'jungles of death', attempting to trek out of Burma amidst perilous conditions. Drawing on diverse and previously unpublished accounts, Michael D. Leigh analyses the experiences of evacuees in both Burma and India and critically examines the impact of evacuation on colonial and Burmese politics in the lead-up to independence in 1948. This study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Burmese history, 20th-century imperialism and the global reach of the Second World War."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Burma.
Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Refugees
Burma https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqw6BFgBchbxjHxHGttKd
World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb
Japanese Occupation of Burma (Burma : 1942-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9RxmjqggqD4Fpx48K
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: 9781472589736
ISBN 9781474205375 (online)
1474205372
1472589750
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9781472589743
9781472589750 (electronic bk.)
1472589734
9781472589736
9781472589736 (hardback)