Mon Nationalism and Civil War in Burma

Mon Nationalism and Civil War in Burma

Author: Mr Ashley South

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1136129626

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A major contribution to the literature of Burmese history and politics, this book traces the rich and tragic history of the Mon people of Burma and Thailand, from the pre-colonial era to the present day. This vivid account of ethnic politics and civil war situates the story of Mon nationalism within the 'big picture' of developments in Burma, Thailand and the region. Primarily an empirical study, it also addresses issues of identity and anticipates Burmese politics in the new millennium. A particular feature of the book is its first-hand descriptions of insurgency and displacement, drawn from the author's experiences as an aid worker in the war zone.


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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Al-Hind, Volume 1 Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th-11th Centuries

Al-Hind, Volume 1 Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7th-11th Centuries

Author: André Wink

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-25

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9004483004

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In this volume, André Wink analyzes the beginning of the process of momentous and long-term change that came with the Islamization of the regions that the Arabs called al-Hind—India and large parts of its Indianized hinterland. In the seventh to eleventh centuries, the expansion of Islam had a largely commercial impact on al-Hind. In the peripheral states of the Indian subcontinent, fluid resources, intensive raiding and trading activity, as well as social and political fluidity and openness produced a dynamic impetus that was absent in the densely settled agricultural heartland. Shifts of power occurred, in combination with massive transfers of wealth across multiple centers along the periphery of al-Hind. These multiple centers mediated between the world of mobile wealth on the Islamic-Sino-Tibetan frontier (which extended into Southeast Asia) and the world of sedentary agriculture, epitomized by brahmanical temple Hinduism in and around Kanauj in the heartland. The growth and development of a world economy in and around the Indian Ocean—with India at its center and the Middle East and China as its two dynamic poles—was effected by continued economic, social, and cultural integration into ever wider and more complex patterns under the aegis of Islam. Please note that Early medieval India and the expansion of Islam 7th-11th centuries was previously published by Brill in hardback (ISBN 90 04 09249 8, still available).


The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology

The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology

Author: Harry Ignatius Marshall

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13:

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"The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology" describes the history, geography, and traditions of the Karen, a group of Indo-Chinese tribes living principally in Burma. The author of this book, Reverend Harry Ignatius Marshall, who worked as a missionary in the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, prepared an excellent and comprehensive review. Its historical value is still topical in our times.


Current Catalog

Current Catalog

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 1024

ISBN-13:

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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.