Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency since 1948 Medium consumerism

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interweaving analysis of key movements and ideas in the French Protectorate of Cambodge with contemporary developments in the Métropole

This thoughtful study offers new perspectives and challenges the classical definition of boundaries and borders as spaces that enforce separation and distance

Benedict Rogers is a writer and human rights advocate specializing in Burma

Serials have opened up divergent adaptations and applications of Islamic values in Indonesian society

Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency since 1948 Medium consumerismIn 1948, Burma was a promising young democracy with a bustling free market economy and a standard of living that surpassed nearly all of its other Asian neighbours. Fifty years later, Burma is one of the poorest nations in the world, with a military dictatorship in Rangoon and 50,000 armed rebels from a myriad of ethnic insurgency groups. In this well documented and detailed account, well known Burma journalist Bertil Lintner explains the nexus