TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seekins,Donald M.
TI  - State and Society in Modern Rangoon
T2  - Asia's Transformations Series
SN  - 9781317601548
AV  - JS7119.R36 S44 2014 
U1  - 959.1 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Rangoon (Burma) - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Maps -- 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 -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Rangoon, a city of many identities, has since colonial times been a focus of conflict between the vertical power of the (colonial, military-run) state and the horizontal power and coping strategies of its residents
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