[eBook]The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile

[eBook]The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile

Chao Tzang Yawnghwe

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ISBN: 9789812306012

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In this highly personal account, the author, Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, a son of the first President of the Union of Burma, tells of his youth and involvement in the Shan resistance movement. He gives his version of Shan history and explains the complexity of Shan politics covering the issues of autonomy, Shan-Burmese relations, opium, and other contraband trade. He discusses the personalities involved in the war that is now more than twenty years old. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics. The author passed away in July 2004.

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Preliminary pages
PART I: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION
1. A Native of the Shan Hills
PART II: SHAN-BURMESE RELATIONS
2. An Overview of Shan-Burmese Relations
3. The Development of Shan-Burmese Relations
4. Shan-Burmese Relations from 1948
PART III: WHO'S WHO IN SHAN STATE POLITICS
5. Historical and Political Personalities (A Personal Perspective)
APPENDICES
Appendix I: Historic Decisions and Agreements Prior to Independence; Appendix II: Shan Proposals to Terminate the Opium Trade in the Shan State; Appendix III: Notes on the Film, Opium Warlords
Abbreviations and Glossary
Bibliography
Index
The Author

Subjects:Political Biography

Number of Pages: 295

Imprint:

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Publication Date: 40299

Format: Ebook


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