Author: Gordon Hannington LucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Old Burma--Early Pagán: Catalogue of plates. Indexes
Author: Gordon Hannington LucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Burma, Vol. 1 of 2
Author: Albert FytchePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330104699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Excerpt from Burma, Vol. 1 of 2: Past and Present With Personal Reminiscences of the Country This work is written much in the form of an autobiography, and a preface, therefore, is hardly necessary; because, as the author writes principally in the first person, he explains as he goes along what otherwise would have been expressed in a preface. A few preliminary remarks, however, appear somewhat desirable, not by way of preface, but of apology. The author chose this form for several reasons. He has been writing as much for friends as for the general public. The past history of Burma has been gleaned from ancient Burmese chronicles and old Portuguese historians; but in writing of Burma of the present, he has been anxious to tell what he could of the country and its people from his own personal experiences, and to carry his readers with him through his career in India and Burma. Possibly he has been a little ambitious that his career should not be altogether unknown to his fellow-countrymen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Burma, Vol. 1 of 2
Author: Albert FytchePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365336839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Excerpt from Burma, Vol. 1 of 2: Past and Present With Personal Reminiscences of the Country Tms work is written much in the form of an autobiography, and a preface, therefore, is hardly necessary; because, as the author writes principally in the first person, he explains as he goes along what otherwise would have been expressed in a preface. A few preliminary remarks, however, appear somewhat desirable, not by way of preface, but of apology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Burma Road
Author: Donovan WebsterPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060746386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at World War II's outset, closing all of China's seaports, more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a 700-mile overland route -- the Burma Road -- from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But when Burma fell in 1942, the Burma Road was severed. As the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan, American general Joseph Stilwell reopened it, while, at the same time, keeping China supplied by air-lift from India and simultaneously driving the Japanese out of Burma. From the breathtaking adventures of the American "Hump" pilots who flew hair-raising missions over the Himalayas to make food-drops in China to the true story of the mission that inspired the famous film The Bridge on the River Kwai, to the grueling jungle operations of Merrill's Marauders and the British Chindit Brigades, The Burma Road vividly re-creates the sprawling, sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and still largely unknown stories of one of the greatest chapters of World War II.
The Karen People of Burma
Author: Harry Ignatius MarshallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement
Author: Ingrid JordtPublisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896802558
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Burma's Mass Lay Meditation Movement: Buddhism and the Cultural Construction of Power describes a transformation in Buddhist practice in contemporary Burma. This revitalization movement has had real consequences for how the oppressive military junta, in power since the early 1960s, governs the country. Drawing on more than ten years of extensive fieldwork in Burma, Ingrid Jordt explains how vipassana meditation has brought about a change of worldview for millions of individuals, enabling them to think and act independently of the totalitarian regime. She addresses human rights as well as the relationship between politics and religion in a country in which neither the government nor the people clearly separates the two. Jordt explains how the movement has been successful in its challenge to the Burmese military dictatorship where democratically inspired resistance movements have failed. Jordt’s unsurpassed access to the centers of political and religious power in Burma becomes the reader’s opportunity to witness the political workings of one of the world’s most secretive and tyrannically ruled countries. Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement is a valuable contribution to Buddhist studies as well as anthropology, religious studies, and political science.
Burma
Author: Hla PePublisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9789971988005
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This selection of lectures by Professor Hla Pe, who has published widely in the fields of Burmese language and literature, and cultural studies, provides an insight into Burmese literature, culture, beliefs and way of life through the author’s own personal life and career. The lectures are divided into six parts: On Literature, On Historiography, On Scholarship, On Language, On Life, and On Buddhism.
A Year with the Bahais in India and Burma
Author: Sydney SpraguePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bahai Faith
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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The Province of Burma, Vol. 1 of 2
Author: Alleyne IrelandPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259236900
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Excerpt from The Province of Burma, Vol. 1 of 2: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago In addition to the material referred to above I have made use of about a thousand volumes which are readily accessible in any large library of reference. These works fall into two classes, official documents issued by the home Governments on matters connected with their dependencies, such as Treaties, with the correspondence relating thereto, reports of commissions of inquiry, and general statistical returns; and unofficial publica tions in the nature of history, biography, travel, and reminiscence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Militant Buddhism
Author: Peter LehrPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030035174
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of ‘why’ and ‘how’ around it. We are well aware of Christian fundamentalism, militant Judaism and Islamist Salafism-Jihadism. Extremist and violent Buddhism however features only rarely in book-length studies on religion and political violence. Somehow, the very idea of Buddhist monks as the archetypical ‘world renouncers’ exhorting frenzied mobs to commit acts of violence against perceived ‘enemies of the religion’ seems to be outright ludicrous. Recent events in Myanmar/Burma, but also in Thailand and Sri Lanka, however indicate that a militant strand of Theravada Buddhism is on the rise. How can this rise be explained, and what role do monks play in that regard? These are the two broad questions that this book explores.