TY - BOOK ID - 77862532 TI - The making of modern Burma PY - 2001 SN - 1107120012 1280159073 0511613660 0511118562 051104089X 0511158254 0511304900 0511050046 9780511040894 0521780217 9780521780216 0521799147 9780521799140 9780511118562 9780511613661 9781107120013 9781280159077 9780511158254 9780511304903 9780511050046 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Burma KW - Birmanskiĭ Soi︠u︡z KW - Union of Burma KW - Burma (Union) KW - Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma KW - Pyidaungsu Myanmma Naing Ngan-Daw KW - Birmanie KW - Birmânia KW - Myanmar KW - Mien Chin KW - Burmah KW - Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw KW - Myanma Naingngandaw KW - Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw KW - Mranʻ mā KW - Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Chuirhayʻlacʻ Sammata Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ KW - Union of Myanmar KW - Birma KW - Myanma KW - Republic of the Union of Myanmar KW - Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw KW - Mianmar KW - Unie van Mianmar KW - Unie van Birma KW - Pyi-daung-zu Myan-mar Naing-ngan-daw KW - Myanma Birliyi Respublikası KW - М'янма KW - M'i︠a︡nma KW - Рэспубліка Саюз М'янма KW - Rėspublika Sai︠u︡z M'i︠a︡nma KW - П'ідаўнзу М'янма Найнганда KW - P'idaŭnzu M'i︠a︡nma Naĭnhanda KW - Саюз М'янма KW - Sai︠u︡z M'i︠a︡nma KW - Mijanmar KW - Mijanmarska Unija KW - Мианмар KW - Република Съюз Мианмар KW - Republika Sŭi︠u︡z Mianmar KW - República de la Unió de Myanmar KW - Birmanya KW - Barma KW - Svazová republika Myanmar KW - Undeb Myanmar KW - Myanmar Unionens Republik KW - Pyidaungsu Thamada Myanmar Naing-Ngan-Daw KW - Pye Tawngsu Thammada Myanma Naingngan KW - Republik der Union von Myanmar KW - Myanmari Liidu Vabariik KW - Μιανμάρ KW - ʼΕνωση του Μιανμαρ KW - Enōsē tou Mianmar KW - Βιρμανία KW - Virmania KW - Μπούρμα KW - Bourma KW - Δημοκρατία της ʼΕνωσης της Μιανμάρ KW - Dēmokratia tēs Enōsēs tēs Mianmar KW - Unión de Myanmar KW - República de la Unión de Myanmar KW - Birmo KW - Mjanmao KW - Mjanmaa Unio KW - Myanmarko Batasuna KW - République de l'Union du Myanmar KW - Myanmarin tasavallan unioni KW - Puruma KW - Maenmar KW - Unión de Birmania KW - Mjanmar KW - Mjanma KW - Unija Mjanmar KW - Mianmari Államszövetség Köztársasága KW - ミャンマー KW - 미얀마 KW - Miyanma KW - 버마 KW - Bŏma KW - 缅甸 KW - Miandian KW - Praññʻ thoṅʻ cu Sammata Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ KW - Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ toʻ KW - Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw KW - History KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77862532 AB - 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. ER -