The River of Lost Footsteps  | Subtitle : histories of burma
Abstract :
What do we really know about Burma and its history? And what can Burma's past tell us about its present and even its future? For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in their attempts to bring about a freer and more democratic Burma--through sanctions and tourist boycotts--only to see an apparent slide toward even harsher dictatorship.
Now Thant Myint-U tells the story of modern Burma, and the story of his own family, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Through his prominent family's stories and those of others, he portrays Burma's rise and decline in the modern world, from the time of Portuguese pirates and renegade Mughal princes through a sixty-year civil war that continues today--the longest-running war anywhere in the world.
Registration No : B1849
Author :
Thant Myint-U
Edition :
Impresum : New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006
Description :
Language : English
ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6
Classification:
1. 000 - ASEAN / 010.6 - MEMBER STATES - Myanmar
Keyword :
1 Burma
Availability :
Hard copies 1 of 1
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