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State and Society in Modern Rangoon: Asia's Transformations

Autor Donald M. Seekins
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 aug 2010
While most of Asia’s major cities are increasingly homogenized by rapid economic growth and cultural globalization, Rangoon, which is Burma’s former capital and largest city, still bears the imprint of a unique and often turbulent history. It is the site of the Shwedagon Pagoda, a focus of Buddhist pilgrimage and devotion since the early second millennium C.E. that continues to play a major role in national life. In 1852, the British occupied Rangoon and made it their colonial capital, building a modern port and administrative center based on western designs. It became the capital of independent Burma in 1948, but in 2005 the State Peace and Development Council military junta established a new, heavily fortified capital at Naypyidaw, 320 kilometers north of the old capital. A major motive for the capital relocation was the regime’s desire to put distance between itself and Rangoon’s historically restive population. Reacting to the huge anti-government demonstrations of "Democracy Summer" in 1988, the new military regime used massive violence to pacify the city and sought to transform it in line with its supreme goal of state security. However, the "Saffron Revolution" of September 2007 showed that Rangoon’s traditions of resistance reaching back to the colonial era are still very much alive.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415318525
ISBN-10: 0415318521
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 15 b/w images, 6 tables, 11 halftones and 4 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Asia's Transformations

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate

Cuprins

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 – 2008  9. Rangoon’s New Buddhist Landscapes

Notă biografică

Donald M. Seekins is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at Meio University in Okinawa, Japan, and has been researching the contemporary politics and society of Burma since 1988. His books include The Disorder in Order: the Army-State in Burma since 1962 (2002), The Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) and Burma and Japan since 1940: From ‘Co-Prosperity’ to ‘Quiet Dialogue’ (2007).

Recenzii

"Clearly the result of decades of visits to and study of Burma, Seekins's book offers readers a grounded, lively and altogether lucid introduction to the dynamic and fascinating South East Asian city of Rangoon...Because Seekins's prose is so accessible, State and Society in Modern Rangoon could profitably be used in introductory South East Asian history courses or in a comparative politics course." - South East Asia Research (Volume 20, Number 1)

Descriere

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.