Michael W. Charney Books
A History of Modern Burma
"Burma has lived under military rule for nearly half a century. The results of its 1990 elections were never recognized by the ruling junta and Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's pro-democracy mov...
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Powerful Learning Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma s Last Dynasty 1752 1885
"Powerful Learning is the first intellectual history of one of the great Buddhist empires of Southeast Asia, Konbaung Burma, before the British conquest. The book challenges the notion of the court...
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Asian Migrants and Education The Tensions of Education in Immigrant Societies and Among Migrant Groups
By Michael W. Charney, Brenda Yeoh, Tong Chee Kiong
"The contributors to this volume explore the close relationship between education and the molding of modern immigrant societies through case studies of either Asian migrants or Asian immigrant soci...
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Approaching Transnationalisms: Studies on Transnational Societies, Multicultural Contacts, and Imaginings of Home
By Michael W. Charney, Brenda Yeoh, Tong Chee Kiong, Name Missing
"The term 'transnationalism' has gained considerable academic and popular currency despite a lack of clear definitions, in part because its overall form changes as its influence incorporates additi...
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Southeast Asian Warfare 1300 1900 Handbook of Oriental Sudies Handbuch Der Orientalistik
"This study of warfare in Southeast Asia between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries examines the chief aspects of warfare in the region. It begins with an examination of the cultural features...
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