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The Shan of Burma : Memoirs of a Shan Exile / Chao Yawnghwe Tzang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [1987]Copyright date: ©1987Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789971988623
  • 9789814377775
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- PART ONE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION -- 1. A Native of the Shan Hills -- PART TWO: SHAN-BURMESE RElATIONS -- 2. An Overview of Shan-Bunnese Relations -- 3. The Development of Shan-Bunnese Relations -- 4. Shan-Bunnese Relations from 1948 -- PART THREE: WHO'S WHO IN SHAN POLITICS -- 5. Historical and Political Personalities (A personal perspective) -- Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- THE AUTHOR
Summary: In this highly personal account, 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 as well as discusses the personalities involved in the war. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789814377775

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- PART ONE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION -- 1. A Native of the Shan Hills -- PART TWO: SHAN-BURMESE RElATIONS -- 2. An Overview of Shan-Bunnese Relations -- 3. The Development of Shan-Bunnese Relations -- 4. Shan-Bunnese Relations from 1948 -- PART THREE: WHO'S WHO IN SHAN POLITICS -- 5. Historical and Political Personalities (A personal perspective) -- Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- THE AUTHOR

In this highly personal account, 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 as well as discusses the personalities involved in the war. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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