The Hidden History of Burma
Autor: | Myint-U, Thant |
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EAN: | 9780393541434 |
Sachgruppe: | Geschichte |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 320 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 23.02.2021 |
Untertitel: | Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century |
Schlagworte: | Politics / Current Events |
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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?