Autore |
Seekins Donald M.
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Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Disciplina |
959.1
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Collana |
Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations
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ISBN |
1-317-60153-X
0-203-61079-2
0-415-31852-1
1-317-60154-8
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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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.
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824639003321 |