Yangon Echoes
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Yangon Echoes
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Author : Virginia Henderson
language : en
Publisher: River books
Release Date : 2015
Yangon Echoes written by Virginia Henderson and has been published by River books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Architecture categories.
'Yangon Echoes' is a popular history of buildings used as homes in Burma's bustling, former capital, charting social space and urban folklore and linking past to present via living memories. It offers intimate views on life in the cosmopolitan city formerly known as Rangoon, Burma. An unprecedented work of oral history, 'Yangon Echoes' is a rich anthology of fascinating life stories exploring notions and values of heritage and home. This popular history of buildings charts social space and urban folklore, linking past to present via living memories. The storytellers speak of joy and tragedy, simple pleasures and aching issues, candidly sharing their thoughts and feelings of living through Yangon's emergence from decades of stagnation to engagement with a rapidly spinning world. Told with courage and charm, these informal stories record everyday life through domestic connections to old places. This anthology records everyday life through domestic connections to old places and explores the present day significance of Yangon's rich inheritance of built form. REVIEWS: "The rich tapestry of multicultural Yangon is reflected wonderfully in this brilliant book, a fusion of intangible and tangible heritage that is often overlooked in architectural studies of cities." - William Logan, Professor Emeritus, Deakin University, Melbourne "This is a precious and intimate history of buildings." - Prof. Su Su, Department of Architecture, Mandalay Technological University "Yangon Echoes gives voice to resilient people caught in a whirlwind of urban change. Their captivating stories breathe life into the places they've called home and transform ordinary buildings into extraordinary repositories of families' lives." - Jeff Cody, Senior Project Specialist, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles 116 illustrations
Myanmar Burma Since The 1988 Uprising
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Author : Andrew Selth
language : en
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Release Date : 2022-01-24
Myanmar Burma Since The 1988 Uprising written by Andrew Selth and has been published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-24 with Reference categories.
Updated by popular demand, this is the fourth edition of this important bibliography. It lists a wide selection of works on or about Myanmar published in English and in hard copy since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, which marked the beginning of a new era in Myanmar’s modern history. There are now 2,727 titles listed. They have been written, edited, translated or compiled by over 2,000 people, from many different backgrounds. These works have been organized into thirty-five subject chapters containing ninety-five discrete sections. There are also four appendices, including a comprehensive reading guide for those unfamiliar with Myanmar or who may be seeking guidance on particular topics. This book is an invaluable aid to officials, scholars, journalists, armchair travellers and others with an interest in this fascinating but deeply troubled country.
Historical Dictionary Of Burma Myanmar
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Author : Donald M. Seekins
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-03-27
Historical Dictionary Of Burma Myanmar written by Donald M. Seekins and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with History categories.
Burma (Myanmar) is a Southeast Asian country that is emerging from crisis after more than a half century of hard-line military rule and cultural, diplomatic and economic isolation. With the dissolution of its military regime, the State Peace and Development Council, in 2011, a formally civilian but military-dominated constitutional government was inaugurated. By 2012, Burma’s president, retired General Thein Sein, had established a working relationship with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the country’s pro-democracy movement since 1988, and after a 2012 by-election she and members of her opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), entered the new Union Parliament as legislators. However, even with the election victory of Daw Suu Kyi and the NLD in the General Election of November 2015, Burma faces daunting challenges: it is still one of the poorest countries in Southeast, fissured by longstanding ethnic conflicts that have made a nationwide peace agreement elusive and its people’s security and the environment are threatened by foreign economic exploitation. Religious discord is also widely evident, as Buddhist militants instigate violence against the country’s religious minorities, especially Muslims. Today Burma’s prospects are the most hopeful they have been for over half a century, as the country takes steps along the road to a more open society and economy. This edition of the Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) encompasses not only current developments, but also Burma’s over 1,500 years-old recorded history and the most important features of its cultures, ethnicity, religions, society and economy. This is done through achronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.
The City And The Wilderness
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Author : Arash Khazeni
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2020-11-17
The City And The Wilderness written by Arash Khazeni and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-17 with History categories.
The City and the Wilderness recounts the journeys and microhistories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their encounters with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral at the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under British colonial rule, Indo-Persian travelers and intermediaries linked to the East India Company explored and surveyed the Burmese Empire, inscribing it as a forest landscape and Buddhist kingdom at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia. Based on colonial Persian travel books and narratives in which Indo-Persian knowledge and perceptions of the wondrous edges of the Indian Ocean merged with Orientalist pursuits, The City and the Wilderness uncovers fading histories of inter-Asian crossings and exchanges at the ends of the Mughal world.
A Savage Dreamland
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Author : David Eimer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-06-13
A Savage Dreamland written by David Eimer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-13 with Travel categories.
The first of its kind: an exploration of one of the most mysterious countries in the world, as told by one of the first outsiders to access the country in its entirety For almost fifty years Burma was ruled by a paranoid military dictatorship and isolated from the outside world. A historic 2015 election swept an Aung San Suu Kyi-led civilian government to power and was supposed to usher in a new golden era of democracy and progress, but Burma remains unstable and undeveloped, a little-understood country. Nothing is straightforward in this captivating land that is home to a combustible mix of races, religions and resources. A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burma reveals a country where temples take priority over infrastructure, fortune tellers thrive and golf courses are carved out of war zones. Setting out from Yangon, the old capital, David Eimer travels throughout this enigmatic nation, from the tropical south to the Burmese Himalayas in the far north, via the Buddhist-centric heartland and the jungles and mountains where rebel armies fight for autonomy in the longest-running civil wars in recent history. The story of modern Burma is told through the voices of the people Eimer encounters along the way: former political exiles, the squatters in Yangon's shanty towns, radical monks, Rohingya refugees, princesses and warlords, and the ethnic minorities clustered along the country's frontiers. In his vivid and revelatory account of life, history, culture and politics, David Eimer chronicles the awakening of a country as it returns to the global fold and explores a fractured nation, closed to foreigners for decades. Authoritative and ground-breaking, A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burma is set to be a modern classic of travel writing.
Stefan Loose Reisef Hrer Myanmar Birma
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Author : Martin H. Petrich
language : de
Publisher: Mair Dumont DE
Release Date : 2015-12-22
Stefan Loose Reisef Hrer Myanmar Birma written by Martin H. Petrich and has been published by Mair Dumont DE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-22 with Travel categories.
- Mit über 600 Seiten das umfangreichste Reisebuch zu Myanmar! - 80 Karten und Pläne, viel neue Kartografie mit der neusten Infrastruktur (offline verfügbar!) - Fundiert recherchiert: Für die 6. Auflage waren unsere Autoren mehr als vier Monate unterwegs Reisen durch Myanmar... ...bedeutet einen Besuch bei freundlichen Menschen und unzähligen Heiligtümern, das Erleben faszinierender Landschaften und die Begegnung mit interessanten Kulturen. Birma ist überraschend vielfältig. Es ist nicht nur das Land der Pagoden und Edelsteine, sondern auch des Dschungels und schneebedeckter Fünftausender, der sanften Hügel und schroffen Berge, der trockenen Savannen und undurchdringlichen Urwälder ja selbst der unberührten Sandstrände und atemberaubenden Unterwasserwelten. Das Land des sanften Lächelns ist aber auch das Land geächteter Diktatoren: Kein Reiseziel Südostasiens ist so umstritten oder derart häufig das Ziel von Boykott-Aufrufen und Sanktionen wie Myanmar. Gerade in einem Reiseland wie Myanmar macht es daher für alle Reisenden Sinn, einen Stefan Loose Reiseführer dabei zu haben: Sei es als Traveller, der auf eigene Faust das Land erkunden möchte, sei es als Pauschalreisender, der mehr wissen will, als sein Reiseleiter erzählt. Dieses E-Book basiert auf: 20. Auflage 2016 Die Zusatzfunktionen im E-Book: - Einfaches Navigieren durch praktische Links - Weblinks führen direkt zu den Websites der Tipps - Offline-Karten (ohne Roaming) - Zoomen ermöglicht eine Detailansicht von Karten und Bildern - Durchsuchen Sie das E-Book in sekundenschnelle mit der praktischen Volltextsuche Unser Special-Tipp: Erstellen Sie Ihren persönlichen Reiseplan durch Lesezeichen und Notizen. Bitte beachten Sie: Nicht alle Lesegeräte unterstützen unsere E-Book Feature wie z.B. Internetlinks, Zoombarkeit von Karten. Auch können je nach Reader die Ladezeiten variieren. Wir bitten Sie, dies vor dem Kauf zu berücksichtigen.
Myanmar
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Author : David Eimer
language : it
Publisher: EDT srl
Release Date : 2018-02-07T11:59:00+01:00
Myanmar written by David Eimer and has been published by EDT srl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-07T11:59:00+01:00 with Travel categories.
"Il Myanmar conserva intatta la capacità di stupire e deliziare anche i visitatori più disincantati" (Simon Richmond, autore Lonely Planet). Esperienze straordinarie: foto suggestive, i consigli degli autori e la vera essenza dei luoghi. Personalizza il tuo viaggio: gli strumenti e gli itinerari per pianificare il viaggio che preferisci. Scelte d’autore: i luoghi più famosi e quelli meno noti per rendere unico il tuo viaggio. In questa guida: Shwedagon Paya 3D; i templi e la cultura; la cucina; architettura e arte.
Ethnic And Religious Diversity In Myanmar
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Author : Perry Schmidt-Leukel
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-12-02
Ethnic And Religious Diversity In Myanmar written by Perry Schmidt-Leukel and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-02 with Religion categories.
One of the most comprehensive volumes on Myanmar's identity politics to date, this book discusses the entanglement of ethnic and religious identities in Myanmar and the challenges presented by its extensive ethnic-religious diversity. Religious and ethnic conjunctions are treated from historical, political, religious and ethnic minority perspectives through both case studies and overview chapters. The book addresses the thorny issue of Buddhist supremacy, Burmese nationalism and ethnic-religious hierarchy, along with reflections on Buddhist, Christian and Muslim communities. Bringing together international scholars and Burmese scholars, this book combines the perspectives of academic observers with those of political activists and religious leaders from different faiths. Through the breadth of its disciplinary approach, its focus on identity issues and its inclusion of insider and outsider perspectives, this book provides new insights into the complex religious situation of Myanmar.
Myanmar S Buddhist Muslim Crisis
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Author : John Clifford Holt
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2019-09-30
Myanmar S Buddhist Muslim Crisis written by John Clifford Holt and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-30 with Religion categories.
Myanmar’s Buddhist-Muslim Crisis is a probing search into the reasons and rationalizations behind the violence occurring in Myanmar, especially the oppressive military campaigns waged against Rohingya Muslims by the army in 2016 and 2017. Over more than three years John Holt traveled around Myanmar engaging in sustained conversations with prominent and articulate participants and observers. What emerges from his peregrinations is a series of compelling portraits revealing both deep insights and entrenched misunderstandings. To understand the conflict, Holt must first accurately capture the viewpoints of his different conversation partners, who include Buddhists and Muslims, men and women, monks and laypeople, activists and scholars. Conversations range widely over issues such as the rise of Buddhist nationalism; the sometimes enigmatic and unexpected positions taken by Aung San Suu Kyii; use of the controversial term “Rohingya”; the impact of state-sponsored propaganda on the Burmese public; resistance to narratives emanating from international media, the United Nations, and the international diplomatic community; the frustrations of local political leaders who have felt left out of the policy-making process in the Rakhine State; and the constructive hopes and efforts still being made by forward-looking activists in Yangon. Three main perspectives emerge from the voices he listens to, those of Arakanese Buddhists who are native to Rakhine (once called Arakan), where much of the conflict has taken place; Burmese Buddhists (or Bamars), who make up the vast majority of Myanmar’s population; and the Rohingya Muslims, whose tragic story has been widely disseminated by the international media. What surfaces in conversation after conversation among all three groups is a narrative of siege: all see themselves as the aggrieved party, and all recount a history of being under siege. John Holt gives voice to these different perspectives as an engaged and concerned participant, offering both a critical and empathetic account of Myanmar’s tragic predicament. Readers follow the hopes and dismay of this seasoned scholar of Theravada Buddhism as he seeks his own understanding of the variously impassioned forces in play in this still unfolding drama.
Regional Outlook
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Author : Michael J. Montesano
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Release Date : 2012
Regional Outlook written by Michael J. Montesano and has been published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
Launched in 1992, Regional Outlook is an annual publication of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, published every January. Designed for the busy executive, professional, diplomat, journalist, or interested observer, Regional Outlook aims to provide a succinct analysis of current political and economic trends shaping the region, and the outlook for the forthcoming two years. This forward-looking book contains focused political commentaries and economic forecasts on all ten countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as a select number of topical pieces of significance to the region.