The return of the Galon king : history, law, and rebellion in colonial Burma / / by Maitrii Aung-Thwin
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| Autore: |
Aung-Thwin Maitrii
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| Titolo: |
The return of the Galon king : history, law, and rebellion in colonial Burma / / by Maitrii Aung-Thwin
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 959.1/04 |
| Soggetto topico: | Anti-imperialist movements - Burma - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Burma History Peasant Uprising, 1930 |
| Burma Trials, litigation, etc History 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Textualizing rebellion : remembering kings and an ethnology of revolt -- Legislating rebellion : ethnology and the formation of counter-insurgency law -- Adjudicating rebellion : the trial of Saya San and the authentication of the narrative -- Codifying rebellion : the origins and causes of the Burma rebellion -- Interpreting rebellion : binary structures and colonial remains -- Sanctifying rebellion : colonial discourses, religion, and millenarian movements -- Remembering rebellion : museums, monks, and the military. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In late 1930, on a secluded mountain overlooking the rural paddy fields of British Burma, a peasant leader named Saya San crowned himself King and inaugurated a series of uprisings that would later erupt into one of the largest anti-colonial rebellions in Southeast Asian history. Considered an imposter by the British, a hero by nationalists, and a prophet-king by area-studies specialists, Saya San came to embody traditional Southeast Asia's encounter with European colonialism in his attempt to resurrect the lost throne of Burma. The Return of the Galon King analyzes the legal origins of the |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The return of the Galon king |
| ISBN: | 0-89680-470-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823046203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Research in international studies. . -Southeast Asia series ; ; no. 124.