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Burma : insurgency and the politics of ethnicity
- Title
- Burma : insurgency and the politics of ethnicity / Martin Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Martin J. (Martin John), 1961-
- Publication
- London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA : Zed Books, ©1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS530.4 .S65 1991 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 492 p. : maps; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Since 1948
- Geschichte 1948-1990
- Insurgency > Burma > History
- 15.75 history of Asia
- Ethnic relations > Political aspects
- Insurgency
- Politics and government
- Aufruhr
- Geschichte
- Minderheitenpolitik
- Nationalitätenpolitik
- Opstanden
- Etnische conflicten
- Minorities
- Nationalités > Birmanie > 1945-1990
- Résistance politique > Birmanie
- Burma > Politics and government > 1948-
- Burma > Ethnic relations > Political aspects
- Burma
- Birma
- Birmanie > Politique et gouvernement > 1948- ..
- Birmanie > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes > 1945-1990
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-481) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. The Roots of Conflict. 1. The Burmese Way to Stagnation and the Crisis of 1988. 2. The Peoples of Burma: A Historic and Ethnic Background. 3. 'Order Without Meaning': British Rule and the Rise of the National Liberation Movement. 4. War and Independence: 1942-48. 5. Insurgency as a Way of Life -- pt. 2. Insurrections in the Parliamentary Era. 6. 'The Final Seizure of Power': A Country Goes Underground. 7. Failure, Retrenchment and United Fronts: The Communist Movement: 1948-52. 8. The Battle for Kawthoolei: The Spread of Ethnic Rebellion. 9. 'Revisionism' and the 1955 Line: The Prospect of Peace. 10. The Collapse of Parliamentary Democracy: Ne Win Seizes Power -- pt. 3. Insurrections in the Ne Win Era. 11. Military Rule and the Peace Parley. 12. Cultural Revolution. 13. The North-East Command and the Four Cuts. 14. The Failure of U Nu's Parliamentary Democracy Party, Karen Unity and Emergence of the National Democratic Front. 15. The War in the North, Opium and the 1980/1 Peace Parley.
- 16. The Nationalities Question -- pt. 4. The 1980s -- A Decade of Upheaval. 17. The Democracy Uprising and the CPB. 18. The 1989 CPB Mutinies: The End of the Road? 19. The War Goes On: The NDF and the KNU. 20. A New Cycle of Conflict? The 1990 General Election and the DAB -- Appendix: Millenarianism.
- ISBN
- 0862328683
- 9780862328689
- 0862328691
- 9780862328696
- LCCN
- 91005031
- OCLC
- ocm24247148
- 24247148
- SCSB-14480205
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library