Burma

Frank Joseph Shulman is author of twelve reference books on Asia, editor of the bibliographical journal Doctoral Dissertations on Asia, and Curator of The East Asia Collection at the University of Maryland-College Park Libraries.

Frank Shulman has again performed a generous act for his colleagues by creating a comprehensive bibliography that others have neither the time nor the disposition to complete...Let us doff our hats to this wizard of the microchip who has contributed so much. Journal of Asian Studies The last thirty years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of doctoral dissertations concerned in whole or in part with Burma. Frank Shulman's bibliography constitutes the first authoritative guide to this growing body of international literature... his entries for each dissertation are remarkably informative... The content descriptions themselves are uniformly apposite and intelligent. Finally, the utility of the book is enhanced by extensive crossreferencing... International Association of Orientalist Librarians Bulletin ...this is an incomparable compilation of the doctoral research on Burma and its peoples, providing an invaluable guide to obtaining access to dissertations from institutions around the world...a worthwhile addition to research collections, especiallythose serving doctoral research on Asia. American Reference Books Annual Frank Shulman's present publication, a comprehensive and annotated bibliography of some 700 doctoral dissertations on Burma, maintains his reputation as the leading authority on bibliographical control of dissertations on Asia. In addition to its valuable annotations, this bibliography contains features such as content notes, references to published sources if appropriate, and tables providing information on the number of dissertations completed by country from 1898 to 1985 and by institutions and academic fields. This bibliography truly fulfills its purpose not only by identifying and describing the dissertations, but by providing information on how to obtain them... -- Shiro Saito, University of Hawaii Library, Asia Collection American Reference Books Annual ...the author is to be congratulated on the work which is a useful addition to the bibliographical resources on Burma...Scholars and librarians will be very grateful for the existence of this work... Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies ...the author is to be congratulated on the work which is a useful addition to the bibliographical resources on Burma...Scholars and librarians will be very grateful for the existence of this work... Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Frank Shulman has again performed a generous act for his colleagues by creating a comprehensive bibliography that others have neither the time nor the disposition to complete...Let us doff our hats to this wizard of the microchip who has contributed so much. Journal of Asian Studies The last thirty years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of doctoral dissertations concerned in whole or in part with Burma. Frank Shulman's bibliography constitutes the first authoritative guide to this growing body of international literature... his entries for each dissertation are remarkably informative... The content descriptions themselves are uniformly apposite and intelligent. Finally, the utility of the book is enhanced by extensive crossreferencing... International Association of Orientalist Librarians Bulletin ...this is an incomparable compilation of the doctoral research on Burma and its peoples, providing an invaluable guide to obtaining access to dissertations from institutions around the world...a worthwhile addition to research collections, especially those serving doctoral research on Asia. American Reference Books Annual Frank Shulman's present publication, a comprehensive and annotated bibliography of some 700 doctoral dissertations on Burma, maintains his reputation as the leading authority on bibliographical control of dissertations on Asia. In addition to its valuable annotations, this bibliography contains features such as content notes, references to published sources if appropriate, and tables providing information on the number of dissertations completed by country from 1898 to 1985 and by institutions and academic fields. This bibliography truly fulfills its purpose not only by identifying and describing the dissertations, but by providing information on how to obtain them... -- Shiro Saito, University of Hawaii Library, Asia Collection American Reference Books Annual