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15 produkter
Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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During a century of colonialism, Burma was plundered for its natural resources and remade as a racial hierarchy. Over decades of dictatorship, it suffered civil war, repression, and deep poverty. Today, Burma faces a mountain of challenges: crony capitalism, exploding inequality, rising …
The Making of Modern Burma
Häftad, 2001
426 kr
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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 …
Peacemaker
U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World
Inbunden, 2025
356 kr
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In the early 1960s, a peaceful world was an imaginable goal. The still-young United Nations was widely respected and regarded as humankind’s best hope for resolving global conflicts. African and Asian nations, having recently won their freedom from colonial domination, sought dignity and influence …
The River of Lost Footsteps
A Personal History of Burma
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
340 kr
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Where China Meets India
Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia
Häftad, 2012
320 kr
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Thant Myint-U's Where China Meets India is a vivid, searching, and timely book about a remote region that is suddenly becoming a geopolitical center of the world. From their very beginnings, the civilizations of China and India have been separated from each other, not only by the towering summits …
The Making of Modern Burma
Inbunden, 2001
1391 kr
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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 …
River of Lost Footsteps
Häftad, 2008
171 kr
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Burma is currently ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. It is also the sight of the longest-running conflict in the world. Drawing both on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the United Nations, Thant Myint-U has …
Where China Meets India
Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia
Häftad, 2012
149 kr
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China and India have always been seperated not only by the Himalayas, but also by the impenetrable jungle and remote areas that once stretched across Burma. Now this last great frontier will likely vanish - forests cut down, dirt roads replaced by superhighways, insurgencies ended - leaving China …
River of Lost Footsteps
E-bok, 2011
132 kr
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Burma is currently ruled by a harsh dictatorship unmoved by Western activists and sanctions. It is also the sight of the longest-running conflict in the world. Drawing both on his own family's stories and his years of hands-on political experience working with the United Nations, Thant Myint-U has …
Where China Meets India
Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia
E-bok, 2011
114 kr
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China and India have always been seperated not only by the Himalayas, but also by the impenetrable jungle and remote areas that once stretched across Burma. Now this last great frontier will likely vanish - forests cut down, dirt roads replaced by superhighways, insurgencies ended - leaving China …
Hidden History of Burma
A Crisis of Race and Capitalism
Häftad, 2021
157 kr
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A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020A New York Times Critic's Pick 2019'A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.' Financial Times'Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.' William DalrymplePrecariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered …
Peacemaker
U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s
Inbunden, 2025
277 kr
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'Mesmerising' Financial Times'Wonderful' Rory Stewart'Brilliant' William Dalrymple'Essential' Peter FrankopanIN THE EARLY 1960S, a peaceful world seemed possible. The still young United Nations was regarded as humankind's best hope for ending war. African and Asian nations, having recently won …
Peacemaker
U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s
Häftad, 2025
194 kr
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'Mesmerising' Financial Times'Wonderful' Rory Stewart'Brilliant' William Dalrymple'Essential' Peter FrankopanIN THE EARLY 1960S, a peaceful world seemed possible. The still young United Nations was regarded as humankind's best hope for ending war. African and Asian nations, having recently won …
Peacemaker
U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World
Häftad, 2026
162 kr
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'Mesmerising' Financial Times'Wonderful' Rory Stewart'Brilliant' William Dalrymple'Essential' Peter FrankopanIN THE EARLY 1960S, a peaceful world seemed possible. The still young United Nations was regarded as humankind's best hope for ending war. African and Asian nations, having recently won …
Hidden History of Burma
Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
Inbunden, 2019
246 kr
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Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma’s population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of …
