The Hidden History of Burma (Record no. 56708)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789353450533
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Distributor Name Brijwasi Book Distributors
Distributor address ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092
Bill Number BW/005825
Bill Date ;08/06/2020
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 959.1053 MYI
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Thant Myint-U
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Title The Hidden History of Burma
Statement of responsibility, etc / Thant Myint-U
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : W.W. Norton & Company
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2019.
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Extent xvii,288p.
Dimensions :24cm.
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Price amount 699
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Summary, etc How did one of the world's "buzzy hotspots" (Fodor's 2013) become one of the top ten places to avoid (Fodor's 2018)? Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders such as Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support. Progress seemed inevitable. As historian, former diplomat, and presidential advisor, Thant Myint-U saw the cracks forming. In this insider's diagnosis of a country at a breaking point, he dissects how a singularly predatory economic system, fast-rising inequality, disintegrating state institutions, the impact of new social media, the rise of China next door, climate change, and deep-seated feelings around race, religion, and national identity all came together to challenge the incipient democracy. Interracial violence soared and a horrific exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fixed international attention. Myint-U explains how and why this happened, and details an unsettling prognosis for the future. Burma is today a fragile stage for nearly all the world's problems. Are democracy and an economy that genuinely serves all its people possible in Burma? In clear and urgent prose, Myint-U explores this question?a concern not just for the Burmese but for the rest of the world?warning of the possible collapse of this nation of 55 million while suggesting a fresh agenda for change.
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Genre/form data or focus term Politics.
Non-focus term Travel.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 08/07/2020 699.00   959.1053 MYI 27729 06/03/2025 08/07/2020 Books
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