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Burma/Myanmar: Where Now?

, 2015
Recent changes in Burma/Myanmar have been called the ‘Burmese democratic spring’. While the international media have mainly focused on the economic opportunities offered by these changes and on the ...
Min Zin
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The scramble for the Waste Lands: Tracking colonial legacies, counterinsurgency and international investment through the lens of land laws in Burma/Myanmar

, 2014
This article traces the revenue category and legal concept of the Waste Land in Burma/Myanmar from its original application by the British colonial apparatus in the nineteenth century, to its later use in tandem with Burma Army counterinsurgent tactics ...
J. Ferguson
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Saving Buddhism: The Impermanence of Religion in Colonial Burma

, 2014
Saving Buddhism explores the dissonance between the goals of the colonial state and the Buddhist worldview that animated Burmese Buddhism at the turn of the twentieth century.
Alicia Turner
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The Situation in Burma

Far Eastern Survey, 1953
The siGNiFiGANGE of Burma's recent appeal to the United Nations for aid in solving the problem of Chinese Nationalist troops in her territory, together with her sudden suspension of American aid programs, can be appraised only in the light of a general evaluation of the domestic and foreign position of the Burmese government.
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The Future of Burma

Pacific Affairs, 1945
THE "BLUE-PRINT FOR BURMA" is a document drawn up by certain Conservative Members of Parliament and recommended by the Chairman of the Conservative Imperial Affairs Committee as a bold and constructive policy for the future of Burma.' It attempts to portray the background of the problem, defines the objective of policy, and submits proposals which may ...
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Burma and China

Journal of Southeast Asian History, 1964
No international concern has been as important to Burma as her relations with China. Kuomintang China had encouraged the Burmese nationalists, had sponsored Burma's entry into the UN but had also exhibited (in various published maps and otherwise) traditional Chinese expansionist tendencies toward Burma and mainland Southeast Asia.
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Burma: a handbook of practical information


This compendium of information on Burma includes such subjects as: the country and climate; government; industries; archaeology; language and literature; and hints to visitors and new residents.
J. G. Scott
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BURMA'S DESPAIR

Critical Asian Studies, 2008
Abstract The Saffron Revolution is Burma's 9/11; much will never be the same. The regime's harsh crackdown and killing of monks in fall 2007 has aroused a new generation of dissidents. Economic grievances have morphed into antigovernment political protests, and the political situation has become even more polarized.
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Hope for Burma

BMJ, 2007
The situation in Burma is stark. Refugees crossing over to Thailand are desperate for health care.
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Burma Pamphlets. No. 1, Burma Background.

Pacific Affairs, 1946
Lennox A. Mills   +6 more
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