Burma
Subtitle: the alternative guide
By: Elena Jotow, Nicholas Ganz ; [translated from the German by David H. Wilson]
Contributors: Ganz, Nicholas
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780500287873
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions; Description and travel; History
Description: Presents a guide to the people, historical and cultural sites, natural landscapes, structures, customs, and traditions of the country with color photographs and maps.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Burma at a glance; title: Past and present; title: Rangoon Division. Rangoon (Yangon) ; Shwedagon Pagoda; title: Irrawaddy Division. Bassein (Pathein) ; Shwemokhtaw Pagoda; title: Arakan State. Myohaung (Mrauk U) ; Ngapali Beach; title: Mandalay Division and Mingun. Mandalay ; The Moustache Brothers ; Mingun ; Ava (Inwa) ; Amarapura ; Pagan (Bagan) ; Mount Popa; title: Kachin State. Myikyina ; Bhamo; title: Shan State and Maymyo. Shan State ; Maymyo (Pyin U Lwin) ; Hsipaw ; Pindaya ; Lake Inle ; Taunggyi ; Kekku); title: Karen State and Kyaiktiyo. Karen State ; Pa-an ; Kyaiktiyo; title: The hidden reality. Opium poppies; title: The struggle for freedom. The Karen Revolution ; Shan State Army ; 8.8.88 ; Aung San Suu Kyi ; The Saffron Revolution; title: Burma in exile. Refugees ; Kayan women ; The Mae Tao Clinic ; Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.