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Myth & History in Historiography of Early Burma
Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin
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paperback. After an analysis of original Old Burmese and other primary sources, the author discovered that four out of the five events considered to be the most important in the history of early Burma, and believed to have been historically accurate, are actually late-nineteenth and twentieth-century inventions of colonial historians. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
After careful re-reading and analysis of original Old Burmese and other primary sources, the author discovered that four out of the five events considered to be the most important in the history of early Burma, and believed to have been historically accurate, are actually late-nineteenth and twentieth-century inventions of colonial historians caught in their own intellectual and political world.
Only one of these is a genuine indigenous Burmese myth, but it too has been embellished by modern historians.
The author discusses each of these five myths and concludes with an assessment of the current situation in Burma in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Series
Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780896802018
SKU
V9780896802018
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About Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin
Michael Aung-Thwin is Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
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