01933oam 2200457I 450 991079102180332120230725015227.01-317-60153-X0-203-61079-20-415-31852-11-317-60154-810.4324/9780203610794 (CKB)2550000001319421(OCoLC)884592399(MiAaPQ)EBC1713403(OCoLC)881840792(EXLCZ)99255000000131942120180706d2011 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierState and society in modern Rangoon /Donald M. SeekinsLondon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (273 pages) illustrations, mapsRoutledge Studies in Asia's Transformations1-138-85807-2 1-306-88210-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Routledge studies in Asia's transformations.Rangoon (Burma)Politics and government959.1Seekins Donald M.475732FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910791021803321State and society in modern Rangoon3826294UNINA