Historical and cultural dictionary of Burma
By: by Joel M. Maring and Ester G. Maring.
Contributors: Maring, Ester G., joint author.
Series: Historical and cultural dictionaries of Asia,; no. 4
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Metuchen, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Burma -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: This volume contains approximately 1,600 entries pertaining to Burmese history, culture, physical geography, natural history, economics, politics and demography, with the primary focus on culture and history. In this volume of the Historical and Cultural Dictionaries of Asia Series, Dr. Joel M. Maring and Dr. Ester G. Maring have accumulated an impressive store of facts and figures about Burma. Sharing its borders with India, China, Bangladesh, Laos, and Thailand, Burma seemed to have its destiny in the ideological struggle which took place throughout much of Asia in the twentieth century. However, political fortunes and the seemingly innate tendency to introspection precluded the signal role predicted for the nation. - Foreword and preface.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 282-290.