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1 online resource (273 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Asia's Transformations
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Asia's transformations.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: the "abode of the king" and the "city of peace"; 1 The Shwedagon Pagoda: sacred space and power politics; 2 The rise and fall of British Rangoon, 1824-1941; 3 Landscapes of resistance in colonial Rangoon; 4 The city from war to military rule, 1941-1958; 5 The city under military rule, 1958-1988; 6 Covert and overt resistance to the state, 1962-1976; 7 Rangoon from popular uprising to pacification, 1987-1988; 8 Transforming Rangoon, 1988-2009. |
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9 Rangoon's new Buddhist landscapesConclusion: state and society; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
While most of Asia's major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma's former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of Buddhist pilgrimage and devotion since the early second millennium C.E. that continues to play a major role in national life. In 1852, the British occupied Rangoon and made it their colonial capital, building a modern port and administrative center based on western designs. It became the capital of independe. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Rangoon (Burma) -- Politics and government.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Seekins, Donald M. State and Society in Modern Rangoon. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780415318525 |
ISBN |
9781317601548 (electronic book) |
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1317601548 (electronic book) |
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