The Hidden History of Burma Paperback by Thant Myint-U

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The Hidden History of Burma Paperback by Thant Myint-U

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  • Publisher: WW Norton (2021-02-23)
  • Language: English
  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • ISBN-13: 9780393541434
  • Item Weight: 255.15 grams
  • Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.49 x 0.76 cm

A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2019
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020

“An urgent book.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

During a century of colonialism, Burma was plundered for its natural resources and remade as a racial hierarchy. Over decades of dictatorship, it suffered civil war, repression, and deep poverty. Today, Burma faces a mountain of challenges: crony capitalism, exploding inequality, rising ethnonationalism, extreme racial violence, climate change, multibillion dollar criminal networks, and the power of China next door. Thant Myint-U shows how the country’s past shapes its recent and almost unbelievable attempt to create a new democracy in the heart of Asia, and helps to answer the big questions: Can this multicultural country of 55 million succeed? And what does Burma’s story really tell us about the most critical issues of our time?

About the Author

Thant Myint-U is an award-winning writer, historian, and conservationist. He lives in Rangoon, where he currently heads U Thant House and the Yangon Heritage Trust.


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