Port Adelaide. Ginninderra Press. 2011. 56pp, paperback. A collection of poems about refugee character. The author has been a friend of the Karen people (from Burma) for several years. Their struggle for peace and freedom, rarely mentioned in the media, has been long and continues. Many Karen have been cruelly..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2020. xi + 307pp, index, paperback. The optimism provoked by Myanmar’s political reforms in 2011-2012 has now given way to a sense that the uneven nature of change in this nation of 54 million has lead to instability and uncertainty. The liberalization of critical sectors and expansion..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. Black and white photographic illustrations and diagrams, xxvii + 261pp, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. "Hidden at the margins of Burmese Buddhism and culture, the cults of the weikzaweikza in relation to the Vipassana insight meditation movement and conventional Buddhist practices, as well as the contemporary rise..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2013. Maps, xv + 541 pp, index, bibliography, glossary, paperback. "Soldiers and Diplomacy explores Burma's relations with the outside world since independence in 1948, and addresses the key question of the ongoing role of the military in Burma's foreign policy post-junta context. The co-authors, a political scientist..... More
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2009. xiv + 322pp, bibliography, index, paperback. For many years Myanmar operated an inward-looking economic system built on import substitution. Ultimately this policy collapsed, leaving a legacy of inefficient state economic enterprises and widespread poverty. Political unrest in 1988 led a newly installed military government to..... More
Calcutta. A. Rome at the Catholic Orphan Press, 1922. First Edition. ii + 304pp, Head & tail pieces to chapter headings, original wrappers with yap edges chipped & worn, text block age-toned, still a very good copy of the first edition. The foreword states: "In the North and North-East of..... More
Bangkok. Orchid. 2001. Photography by Zaw Min Yu. Maps, plans, colour photographic illustrations, 176pp, bibliography, glossary, index, very good copy in very lightly worn dustjacket. 27.5 x 22cm. This is the first comprehensive study on the history and civilization of Arakan. It provides a thorough introduction to the history, art..... More
Australia: Scribe Publications, 2019. Maps, 248pp, translated from the French by Andrea Reece. For the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the persecution facing his people. 'I am three years old and will have to grow up with the hostility of others. I am already an outlaw in..... More
NUS Press. x + 257pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. Prisms on the Golden Pagoda is a collection of papers on national reconciliation process written by activists and scholars who have been deeply involved with this issue for many years. The workshop was purely an academic meeting, but the interest..... More
Thailand. Silkworm Books. 2010. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 256 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Than Shwe is one of the world’s most notorious dictators, presiding over a military regime that persists in repressing and brutalizing its own people. Until now, his story has not been told. Than..... More
Norwalk. EastBridge. 2002. xxxvii + 371pp, index, paperback. Signed by the author. "The first book on the inner workings of the Tatmadaw and essential reading for any student of Burma. The key to coming to grips with modern Burma is understanding the country's armed forces, which have dominated all aspects..... More
Edinburgh. Constable & Company Ltd., 1827. 2 volumes: Volumes I: An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Volume I: xviii + 312pp, folding map of the Birman Empire in very good condition, inner hinge reinforced with archival washi. Volume II: 233pp. A Narrative of the Late Military..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2021. Illustrations, unspecified "Drawing on original Burmese texts and illustrations, recent scholarship, and mapping, Mandalay and the Art of Building Cities in Burma argues that the founding of Mandalay shifted critically in emphasis and scale during its planning from a protocol that established the royal city as..... More
Singapore. ISEAS. 2010. Reprint. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 276 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, from the library of Dr Andrew Selth with his name and chop on half title page, a very good paperback copy. In this highly personal account, the author, the late Chao Tzang..... More