Robert H. Taylor was Pro-Director and Professor of Politics at SOAS and later Vice-Chancellor of Buckingham University. His publications include four monographs on Myanmar and seven edited or co-edited volumes

'a well researched, masterly presentation of political, economic and social developments in Burma. ... will no doubt become a standard reference work.' - The Round Table

• Contents Introduction The Precolonial State The Rationalisation of the State, 1825-1942 Politics under the Rationalised State, 1886-1942 Reasserting the State, 1962-87 The State Redux (1985-2007)

Robert H. Taylor was Pro-Director and Professor of Politics at SOAS and later Vice-Chancellor of Buckingham University. His publications include four monographs on Myanmar and seven edited or co-edited volumes

'a well researched, masterly presentation of political, economic and social developments in Burma. ... will no doubt become a standard reference work.' - The Round Table

• Contents Introduction The Precolonial State The Rationalisation of the State, 1825-1942 Politics under the Rationalised State, 1886-1942 Reasserting the State, 1962-87 The State Redux (1985-2007)

Robert H. Taylor was Pro-Director and Professor of Politics at SOAS and later Vice-Chancellor of Buckingham University. His publications include four monographs on Myanmar and seven edited or co-edited volumes

'a well researched, masterly presentation of political, economic and social developments in Burma. ... will no doubt become a standard reference work.' - The Round Table

• Contents Introduction The Precolonial State The Rationalisation of the State, 1825-1942 Politics under the Rationalised State, 1886-1942 Reasserting the State, 1962-87 The State Redux (1985-2007)