The State in Myanmar |
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| Author:
| Taylor, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85065-909-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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The State in Myanmar is a totally revised, expanded and updated version of The State in Burma (1987), with additional chapters covering the last twenty years of Myanmars political history. It attempts to explain the countrys current politics in the light of the historical evolution of state-society relations in Myanmar since the pre-colonial kings, through thecolonial era to the current, and third, post-colonial regime in this strategically important and little studied South East Asian nation.
The State in Myanmar is a totally revised, expanded and updated version of The State in Burma (1987), with additional chapters covering the last twenty years of Myanmars political history. It attempts to explain the countrys current politics in the light of the historical evolution of state-society relations in Myanmar since the pre-colonial kings, through thecolonial era to the current, and third, post-colonial regime in this strategically important and little studied South East Asian nation.