Until the world shatters : truth, lies, and the looting of Myanmar

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"In Myanmar, where civil war, repressive government, and the $40 billion a year jade industry have shaped life for decades, everyone is fighting for their own version of the truth. Until the World Shatters, takes us deep into a world in which journalists seek to overcome censorship and intimidation, ethnic minorities wage guerilla war against a government they claim refuses to grant basic human rights; devout Buddhists launch violent anti-Muslim...

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Burma Economic conditions

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ISBN:

9781612198873

Description:

xiv, 386 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Truth, lies, and the looting of Myanmar

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-376) and index

Contents:

Introduction
Part I: Cold
Bo Aung Kyaw Street
Heartbeat of the nation
Kingdom on the coast
The confluence
The green vein
Sapi
Part II: Hot
Banyan tree
Rice bowl
Turning the wheel
You don't have to be a soldier
The fourteenth street blood tonic
Until the world shatters
Part III: Rain
The pincers of bagan
Mountains
Voice of the youth
The longest road
The people under the stairs
Jetty

LCCN:

2020950398

Control Number:

3006881

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