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245 14 a| The river of lost footsteps :b| histories of Burma /c| Thant Myint-U.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Farrar, Straus and Giroux,c| 2006.;

300 a| xiv, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, map ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361).;

505 0 a| Downfall -- Debating Burma -- Foundations -- Pirates and princes along the bay of Bengal -- The consequences of patriotism -- War and the glass palace chronicles -- Mandalay -- Transitions -- Studying in the age of extreism -- Making the battlefield -- Alternative utopias -- The tiger's tail -- Palimpsest.;

520 a| Thant tells the story of modern Burma, in part through a telling of his own family's history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and appalling. His maternal grandfather, U Thant, rose from being the schoolmaster of a small town in the Irrawaddy Delta to become the UN secretary-general in the 1960s. And on his father's side, the author is descended from a long line of courtiers who served at Burma's Court of Ava for nearly two centuries. Through their stories and others, he portrays Burma's rise and decline in the modern world, from the time of Portuguese pirates and renegade Mughal princes through the decades of British colonialism, the devastation of World War II, and a sixty-year civil war that continues today and is the longest-running war anywhere in the world.--From publisher description.;

651 0 a| Burmax| Historyy| 1824-1948.=| ^A56639;

651 0 a| Burmax| Historyy| 1948-=| ^A60830;

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The river of lost footsteps : histories of Burma / Thant Myint-U.

Author/creator	Thant Myint-U.
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Description	xiv, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Sample text
Subjects	Burma--History. --1824-1948. Burma--History. --1948-.

Contents	Downfall -- Debating Burma -- Foundations -- Pirates and princes along the bay of Bengal -- The consequences of patriotism -- War and the glass palace chronicles -- Mandalay -- Transitions -- Studying in the age of extreism -- Making the battlefield -- Alternative utopias -- The tiger's tail -- Palimpsest.
Abstract	Thant tells the story of modern Burma, in part through a telling of his own family's history, in an interwoven narrative that is by turns lyrical, dramatic, and appalling. His maternal grandfather, U Thant, rose from being the schoolmaster of a small town in the Irrawaddy Delta to become the UN secretary-general in the 1960s. And on his father's side, the author is descended from a long line of courtiers who served at Burma's Court of Ava for nearly two centuries. Through their stories and others, he portrays Burma's rise and decline in the modern world, from the time of Portuguese pirates and renegade Mughal princes through the decades of British colonialism, the devastation of World War II, and a sixty-year civil war that continues today and is the longest-running war anywhere in the world.--From publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361).
LCCN	2006009199
ISBN	9780374163426 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0374163421 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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