[eBook]The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile
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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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Buy by Chapter (individual chapters fulfilled in digital format)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 StudiesPublication Date: 40299
Format: Ebook