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The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

Myint-U, Thant

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologySoutheast Asian History

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 0393541436
ISBN13: 9780393541434
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Feb 23 2021
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

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?

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