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NEW YORK, WESTPORT, LONDON PRAEGER 1991 HARDBACK RED Good. Pages clean, gilt on cover and spine, previous owners signature on front end paper, tight binding _PAB_
ISBN10: 0275936139, ISBN13: 9780275936136, [publisher: PRAEGER, NEW YORK, WESTPORT, LONDON] Hardcover pages clean, gilt on cover and spine, previous owners signature on front end paper, tight binding DATE PUBLISHED: 1991 EDITION: 333 [Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
Praeger Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. Date: 1991. Hardcover. 0275936139 . No underlining, highlighting, or other marks in the text or anywhere else. No dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering on dark red cloth. ; 0.91 x 9.02 x 5.98 Inches; 360 pages . 1991. Praeger Publishers ISBN 0275936139 9780275936136 [US]
ISBN10: 0275936139, ISBN13: 9780275936136, [publisher: ABC-Clio, Incorporated] Hardcover pp. 362 9:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Case Laminate on Creme w/Gloss Lam [Hounslow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991]
ABC-CLIO 1/30/1991 12: 08: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 0275936139, ISBN13: 9780275936136, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. Although political upheavals and mass killings in the Socialist Republic of Burma (Myanmar) have received a great deal of international attention, scholars and journalists until now have failed to identify the unique underlying factors that produced this situation and helped to maintain military dictatorship under Ne Win's successors. Mya Maung looks into the deeper sources of Burmese behavior, focusing on the ancient tradition of sacred despotic rule, the undermining of social and cultural life during the British colonial period, and the impact of conflicting cultural realities on a Communist military elite whose attempts to reinstate absolute authority compounded their gross mismanagement of economic development.Maung presents an overview of the contradictions and biases expressed by writers--both foreign and Burmese--who have attempted to understand the Burmese and their country's recent history. He next describes a traditional society in which authoritarian rule existed side by side with a marked degree of social freedom and egalitarianism. Maung discusses the far-reaching impact of colonialism, the transition to independence, the Socialist military takeover, and the progressive repression and economic failures that led ultimately to economic collapse. Maung concludes with an examination of Burma's potential for utilizing its resources ef ...
ISBN10: 0275936139, ISBN13: 9780275936136, [publisher: Praeger, New York] Hardcover Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. [Richmond, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
ISBN10: 0275936139, ISBN13: 9780275936136, [publisher: Praeger, New York] Hardcover Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. [Richmond, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
ISBN10: 0275936139, ISBN13: 9780275936136, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Although political upheavals and mass killings in the Socialist Republic of Burma (Myanmar) have received a great deal of international attention, scholars and journalists until now have failed to identify the unique underlying factors that produced this situation and helped to maintain military dictatorship under Ne Win's successors. Mya Maung looks into the deeper sources of Burmese behavior, focusing on the ancient tradition of sacred despotic rule, the undermining of social and cultural life during the British colonial period, and the impact of conflicting cultural realities on a Communist military elite whose attempts to reinstate absolute authority compounded their gross mismanagement of economic development.Maung presents an overview of the contradictions and biases expressed by writers--both foreign and Burmese--who have attempted to understand the Burmese and their country's recent history. He next describes a traditional society in which authoritarian rule existed side by side with a marked degree of social freedom and egalitarianism. Maung discusses the far-reaching impact of colonialism, the transition to independence, the Socialist military takeover, and the progressive repression and economic failures that led ultimately to economic collapse. Maung concludes with an examination of Burma's potentia ...
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