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Marshall, Andrew

 
9781582431208: The Trouser People: A Story of Burma--In the Shadow of the Empire
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ISBN 10 : 1582431205 ISBN 13 : 9781582431208
Editeur : Counterpoint, 2002

Synopsis

green spine, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 308 pp

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This new edition of Andrew Marshall's classic book on Burma includes a gripping eyewitness account of the Saffron Revolution, the 2007 democratic uprising led by Buddhist monks.Inspired by the diaries of a forgotten Victorian adventurer called Sir George Scott, Andrew Marshall set out to discover the real Burma - an impoverished nation then ruled by a repressive regime. Scott was a die-hard imperialist who hacked, bullied and charmed his way through uncharted jungles to help establish British colonial rule.Braving government spies and the after-effects of some powerful local hooch, Marshall retraces Scott's intrepid footsteps into Burma's remote tribal heartlands to encounter the bewitching 'giraffe women' and the former headhunters of the Wild Wa. His journey is an offbeat exploration of Britain's lost heritage and a powerful expose of Burma's modern tragedy.

Biographie de l'auteur

I am a British author and journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand. Since 1993 I have explored Asia's remotest regions for magazines and newspapers worldwide, including TIME, The Sunday Times Magazine, National Geographic, Esquire, and many others. In January 2012 I joined Reuters as Special Correspondent, Thailand and Indochina. My book The Trouser People, about football and dictatorship in Burma, was a New York Times Notable Book and was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. I am also co-author of The Cult at the End of the , a prescient account of Japan's homicidal Aum cult and the rise of high-tech terrorism. My books have been translated into ten languages. Please visit andrewmarshall.com.

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Éditeur
Counterpoint
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1582431205
ISBN 13 
9781582431208
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
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Personne responsable
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