Reminiscences Of The Court Of Mandalay
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Ghosts of Empire
Author | : Kwasi Kwarteng |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2012-02-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1610391217 |
Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan. The truth, as Kwarteng reveals, is that there was no such thing as a model for imperial administration; instead, appointees were schooled in quirky, independent-minded individuality. As a result the Empire was the product not of a grand idea but of often chaotic individual improvisation. The idiosyncrasies of viceroys and soldier-diplomats who ran the colonial enterprise continues to impact the world, from Kashmir to Sudan, Baghdad to Hong Kong.
The Making of Modern Burma
Author | : Thant Myint-U |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2001-03-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521799140 |
Burma has often been portrayed as a timeless place, a country of egalitarian Buddhist villages, ruled successively by autocratic kings, British colonialists and, most recently, a military dictatorship. The Making of Modern Burma argues instead that many aspects of Burmese society today, from the borders of the state to the social structure of the countryside to the very notion of a Burmese identity, are largely the creations of the nineteenth century - a period of great change - away from the Ava-based polity of early modern times, and towards the 'British Burma' of the 1900s. The book provides a sophisticated and much-needed account of the period, and as such will be an important resource for policy makers and students as a basis for understanding contemporary politics and the challenges of the modern state. It will also be read by historians interested in the British colonial expansion of the nineteenth century.
The Bookseller
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 942 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Bibliography |
ISBN | : |
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Burma: a Handbook of Practical Information
Author | : Sir James George Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Burma |
ISBN | : |