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A history of Myanmar since ancient times [[electronic resource] ] : traditions and transformations / / Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin
| A history of Myanmar since ancient times [[electronic resource] ] : traditions and transformations / / Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin |
| Autore | Aung-Thwin Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion Books, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 959.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Aung-ThwinMaitrii |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-86189-939-4
1-299-19090-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times; Imprint page; Contents; Timeline; Preface; Prologue: A Synthesis of Old and New; Introduction: A Different Perspective; 1. The Setting; 2. Prehistory; 3. The Urban Period; 4. Pagan: The Golden Age of Myanmar; 5. Ava and Pegu: A Tale of Two Kingdoms; 6. The 'Early Modern' Experiment; 7. Return to the 'Heartland'; 8. The Last Myanmar Dynasty; 9. Disintegration of the Burmese Kingdom, 1824-1886; 10. Reintegration and British Burma, 1886-1942; 11. Fragmentation and the Union of Myanmar, 1942-1962; 12. Reconstruction and Nation-Building, 1962-2011
ConclusionReferences; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452478403321 |
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| London, : Reaktion Books, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A history of Myanmar since ancient times [[electronic resource] ] : traditions and transformations / / Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin
| A history of Myanmar since ancient times [[electronic resource] ] : traditions and transformations / / Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin |
| Autore | Aung-Thwin Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Reaktion Books, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 959.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Aung-ThwinMaitrii |
| ISBN |
1-86189-939-4
1-299-19090-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times; Imprint page; Contents; Timeline; Preface; Prologue: A Synthesis of Old and New; Introduction: A Different Perspective; 1. The Setting; 2. Prehistory; 3. The Urban Period; 4. Pagan: The Golden Age of Myanmar; 5. Ava and Pegu: A Tale of Two Kingdoms; 6. The 'Early Modern' Experiment; 7. Return to the 'Heartland'; 8. The Last Myanmar Dynasty; 9. Disintegration of the Burmese Kingdom, 1824-1886; 10. Reintegration and British Burma, 1886-1942; 11. Fragmentation and the Union of Myanmar, 1942-1962; 12. Reconstruction and Nation-Building, 1962-2011
ConclusionReferences; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779598203321 |
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Aung-Thwin Michael
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| London, : Reaktion Books, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Mists of Ramanna : The Legend That Was Lower Burma / / Michael A. Aung-Thwin
| The Mists of Ramanna : The Legend That Was Lower Burma / / Michael A. Aung-Thwin |
| Autore | Aung-Thwin Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Honolulu : , : University of Hawai'i Press, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (444 p.) : 4 maps, 17 b&w images, 28 line drawings and charts |
| Disciplina | 959.1 |
| Soggetto topico | Legends - Burma |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8248-7441-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Py millennium -- Rmaññadesa : an imagined polity -- Thatôn (Sudhuim) : an imagined center -- The conquest of Thatôn : an imagined event -- The conquest of Thatôn as allegory -- The Mon paradigm and the origins of the Burma script -- The place of written Burmese and Mon in Burma's early history -- The Mon paradigm and the evolution of the Pagán temple -- The Mon paradigm and the Kyanzittha legend -- The Mon paradigm and the myth of the "down-trodden Talaing" -- Colonial officials and colonial scholars : the institutionalization of the Mon paradigm. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996359647103316 |
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Aung-Thwin Michael
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| Honolulu : , : University of Hawai'i Press, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The Mists of Ramanna : The Legend That Was Lower Burma / / Michael A. Aung-Thwin
| The Mists of Ramanna : The Legend That Was Lower Burma / / Michael A. Aung-Thwin |
| Autore | Aung-Thwin Michael |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of Hawai'i Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (444 p.) : 4 maps, 17 b&w images, 28 line drawings and charts |
| Disciplina | 959.1 |
| Soggetto topico | Legends - Burma |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9780824874414
0824874412 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Py millennium -- Rmaññadesa : an imagined polity -- Thatôn (Sudhuim) : an imagined center -- The conquest of Thatôn : an imagined event -- The conquest of Thatôn as allegory -- The Mon paradigm and the origins of the Burma script -- The place of written Burmese and Mon in Burma's early history -- The Mon paradigm and the evolution of the Pagán temple -- The Mon paradigm and the Kyanzittha legend -- The Mon paradigm and the myth of the "down-trodden Talaing" -- Colonial officials and colonial scholars : the institutionalization of the Mon paradigm. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910168746403321 |
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Aung-Thwin Michael
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| University of Hawai'i Press, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pagan : The Origins of Modern Burma / / Michael Aung-Thwin
| Pagan : The Origins of Modern Burma / / Michael Aung-Thwin |
| Autore | Aung-Thwin Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (unpaged) : : illustrations |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524872903321 |
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Aung-Thwin Michael
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| Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pagan : The Origins of Modern Burma
| Pagan : The Origins of Modern Burma |
| Autore | Aung-Thwin Michael |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , 1985 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Disciplina | 959.1/02 |
| ISBN | 0-8248-8008-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Pagan -- Pagan -- Contents -- Maps -- Figures -- Tables -- A Note on Romanization -- Acknowledgments -- Pagan's Place in Burmese and Southeast Asian Studies -- Theoretical, Methodological, and Organizational Concerns -- The Sources -- Components of the Indigenous Conceptual System -- The Historical Framework -- The Hoabinhian Culture in Burma -- The Urbanized Polities and the Pyus -- The Rise of Pagan -- Beliefs About Man and His World -- Elements of the Pagan Belief System -- Supernaturalism -- Hinduism and Brahmanism -- Mahāyāna Buddhism -- Concepts of Messianism and Omniscience -- Time and Salvation in the Burmese-Buddhist World -- The Accumulation of Merit -- Phun: The Manifestation of Merit -- Political Ideology: Conceptions of Kingship -- The Bodhisatta or Purā Loṅ -- Sakka -- The Guardian Spirit (Nat) -- Dhammarājika and Kammarājika Elements -- The Dhammarāja -- The Cakkavattī -- The Kammarāja -- Kingship and Charisma -- The Institutional Context: Organization of Human and Material Resources -- The Division of Socioeconomic Groups -- The Organization of People -- The Meaning of "Bondage" in Burma -- Asañ: Nonbonded Commoners -- Kywan: Private Bondage -- Purā Kywan -- Kywan-tō -- Cellular Organization -- The Administration of Material Resources -- The Kingdom and Its Material Resources -- Nucleus -- Extremities -- Units of Administration -- The Fief: The Basis of Administration -- Revenue -- The Articulation of Social Behavior: Justice, Hierarchy, and the Law -- Sources -- Codified Law in Pagan -- The Justice System in Pagan -- Law and the Belief System -- The Arrangement of Political Power -- The Court -- The King -- The King and Saṅgha -- The King and the Princes -- The King and the Queens -- The King and His Ministers -- The King and His Advisors -- The Effects of Beliefs and Institutions on Events.
The Economic Implications of the Merit-Path to Salvation -- Merit-Seeking and the Economy -- Temple Construction, Redistribution, and Economic Development -- The Decline of Pagan -- Institutional Factors: Remote Origins -- The Flow of Wealth to the saṅgha -- Political Events in the Late Thirteenth Century: Immediate Causes -- The Significance of Pagan to Burmese and Southeast Asian History -- Continuity of the Classical System -- The Dynastic Cycle: Manifestations of a Structural Contradiction -- Economic Implications of Religious Behavior in Other Theravāda Societies -- The Issue in Modern Burma -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION Pagan's Place in Burmese and Southeast Asian Studies -- 1 The Historical Framework -- 2 Beliefs About Man and His World -- 3 Political Ideology: Conceptions of Kingship -- 4 The Division of Socioeconomic Groups -- 5 The Administration of Material Resources -- 6 The Articulation of Social Behavior: Justice, Hierarchy, and the Law -- 7 The Arrangement of Political Power -- 8 The Economic Implications of the Merit-Path to Salvation -- 9 The Decline of Pagan -- CONCLUSION The Significance of Pagan to Burmese and Southeast Asian History -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Inscriptions -- Dhammathats -- Sittans -- Chronicles -- Miscellaneous -- Secondary Sources -- Conceptual Works -- Special Reference Works -- Studies of Pagan -- Selected Articles -- About the Author. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Origins of Modern Burma |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910324957003321 |
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Aung-Thwin Michael
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| Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , 1985 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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