| Description |
1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Inside -- The lost nation -- Born that way -- The tiger's footprints -- Theatre of war -- Birth of the nation -- On the green couch -- Steppe by steppe -- Muckracker, kingmaker -- No return -- When the show opens in earnest -- Outside -- Man of La Mancha -- Golden parasol -- Alban -- Nobody's nation -- Homing -- The old road -- Mum -- A note on sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Wendy Law-Yone was fifteen at the time of Burma's military coup in 1962. The daughter of Ed Law-Yone, daredevil proprietor of Rangoon Nation, Burma's leading postwar English-language daily, she experienced firsthand the perils and promises of a newly independent Burma. On the eve of Wendy's studies abroad, Ed Law-Yone was arrested, his newspaper shut down, and Wendy herself was briefly imprisoned. After his release, Ed fled to Thailand with his family, where he formed a government-in-exile and tried, unsuccessfully, to foment a revolution. Emigrating to America with his wife and children, Ed never gave up hope that Burma would adopt a new democratic government. While he died disappointed, he left in his daughter's care an illuminating trove of papers documenting the experiences of an eccentric, ambitious, humorous, and determined patriot, vividly recounting the realities of colonial rule, Japanese occupation, postwar reconstruction, and military dictatorship. This book tells the twin histories of Law-Yone's kin and country, a nation whose vicissitudes continue to intrigue the world"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Law-Yone, Edward Michael, 1911-1980.
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Law-Yone, Edward Michael, 1911-1980. |
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Newspaper editors -- Burma -- Biography.
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Newspaper editors. |
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Burma. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Newspaper publishing -- Burma -- History -- 20th century.
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Newspaper publishing. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Burma -- History -- 1948-
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| Chronological Term |
1948- |
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Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Law-Yone, Wendy. Daughter's memoir of Burma. New York : Columbia University Press, [2013] 9780231169363 (DLC) 2013047244 (OCoLC)863195490 |
| ISBN |
9780231537803 (electronic book) |
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0231537808 (electronic book) |
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9780231169363 (cloth) |
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0231169361 (cloth) |
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