The Collapse of British Rule in Burma
The Collapse of British Rule in Burma

Author: Michael D. Leigh

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-07-26

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1472589742

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In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands of evacuees were trapped in a huge area of no-man's-land in the north. They made their way to India through the so-called 'jungles of death', attempting to trek out of Burma amidst perilous conditions. Drawing on diverse and previously unpublished accounts, Michael D. Leigh analyses the experiences of evacuees in both Burma and India and critically examines the impact of evacuation on colonial and Burmese politics in the lead-up to independence in 1948. This study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Burmese history, 20th-century imperialism and the global reach of the Second World War.

Burma - Memories of WWII
Burma - Memories of WWII

Author: Sandra Campagnac-Carney

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-09-08

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1304931099

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In this book are the stories of mainly the Anglo-Burmese people and some others caught up in Burma, WWII. Abandoned by the tens of thousands, as the British fled from the oncoming Japanese invasion, many attempted to trek across to India, with some falling by the wayside, while others were left to cope under Japanese rule.

The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma
The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma

Author: Michael D. Leigh

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1441163948

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The string of military defeats during 1942 marked the end of British hegemony in Southeast Asia, finally destroying the myth of British imperial invincibility. The Japanese attack on Burma led to a hurried and often poorly organized evacuation of Indian and European civilians from the country. The evacuation was a public humiliation for the British and marked the end of their role in Burma. The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma investigates the social and political background to the evacuation, and the consequences of its failure. Utilizing unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, Michael Leigh provides the first comprehensive account of the evacuation, analyzing its source in the structures of colonial society, fractured race relations and in the turbulent politics of colonial Burma.

Maritime Empires
Maritime Empires

Author: National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781843830764

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Britain's overseas Empire pre-eminently involved the sea. In a two-way process, ships carried travellers and explorers, trade goods, migrants to new lands, soldiers to fight wars and garrison colonies, and also ideas and plants that would find fertile minds and soils in other lands. These essays, deriving from a National Maritime Museum (London) conference, provide a wide-ranging and comprehensive picture of the activities of maritime empire. They discuss a variety of issues: maritime trades, among them the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Honduran mahogany for shipping to Britain, the movement of horses across the vast reaches of Asia and the Indian Ocean; the impact of new technologies as Empire expanded in the nineteenth century; the sailors who manned the ships, the settlers who moved overseas, and the major ports of the Imperial world; plus the role of the navy in hydrographic survey. Published in association with the National Maritime Museum. DAVID KILLINGRAY is Emeritus Professor of Modern History, Goldsmiths College London; MARGARETTE LINCOLN and NIGEL RIGBY are in the research department of the National Maritime Museum.

Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia
Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia

Author: Paul H. Kratoska

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1349269379

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The Japanese Occupation of Southeast Asia between 1941 and 1945 brought with it severe food shortages, largely arising from organizational failures and inadequate transportation. the nine essays in this volume examine the situation in food exporting countries such as Burma, Thailand and Vietnam, in food deficit areas such as Malaya, the Philippines and Java, and in Sarawak which was largely self-sufficient. Two essays examine in detail the famine that struck the Tonkin area of northern Vietnam in 1945.

The British Empire through buildings
The British Empire through buildings

Author: John M. MacKenzie

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-03-09

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1526145952

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Imperialism is strikingly represented in its buildings. This work illuminates the dispersal of colonial culture and religious forms, social classes, and racial divisions over two centuries, from the establishment of colonial rule to a post-colonial world. It will be a vital reading for all students of imperial history and global material culture.

The British Empire at its Zenith
The British Empire at its Zenith

Author: A. J. Christopher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-03-16

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1351171518

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This title, originally published in 1988, examines the network of states and the political and economic systems which bound the British Empire together. This book examines each country and how the empire made its mark in the shape of urban form, public buildings and rural land patterns. An overall assessment of the Imperial heritage is attempted as a pointer to the unity which existed between the many diverse lands for a brief period in their history.

Burma
Burma

Author: Patricia M. Herbert

Publisher: Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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