Thant Myint-U.

The river of lost footsteps : a personal history of Burma / Thant Myint-U. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. - x, 388 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-367) and index.

fall of the kingdom -- Debating Burma -- Foundations -- Pirates and princes along the Bay of Bengal -- consequences of patriotism -- War -- Mandalay -- Transitions -- Studying in the age of extremism -- Making the battlefield -- Alternative utopias -- tiger's tail -- Palimpsest. The The The

0374531161 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780374531164 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Burma--History--1824-1948.
Burma--History--1948-

DS530 / .T43 2007

959.1