State and society in modern Rangoon / / Donald M. Seekins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791021803321
• Autore: Seekins Donald M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-317-60153-X; 0-203-61079-2; 0-415-31852-1; 1-317-60154-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations
• Disciplina: 959.1
• Soggetti: Rangoon (Burma) Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the "abode of the king" and the "city of peace" -- 1. The Shwedagon Pagoda : sacred space and power politics -- 2. The rise and fall of British Rangoon, 1824-1941 -- 3. Landscapes of resistance in colonial Rangoon -- 4. The city from war to military rule, 1941-1958 -- 5. The city under military rule, 1958-1988 -- 6. Covert and overt resistance to the state, 1962-1976 -- 7. Rangoon from popular uprising to pacification, 1987-1988 -- 8. Transforming Rangoon, 1988-2009 -- 9. Rangoon's new Buddhist landscapes -- Conclusion : state and society.