Writing and Presenting Modern Myanmar´s History: Commments on Michael W. Charney´s "A History of Modern Burma"

0352564 - OÚ 2011 CZ eng J - Journal Article
Bečka, Jan
Writing and Presenting Modern Myanmar´s History: Commments on Michael W. Charney´s "A History of Modern Burma".
Archiv orientální: Quarterly Journal of African and Asian Studies. Roč. 78, č. 2 (2010), s. 195-212. ISSN 0044-8699
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z90210515
Keywords : Burma * Modern history * Myanmar
Subject RIV: AB - History

The article deals with the problems of writing and presenting modern Burma´s(Myanmar´s) history,exemplified with a " A History of Modern Burma" by Michael W. Charney (2009). The author of the article argues that Charney´s book suffers from several methodological problems, namely, that Charney does not use Burmese language sources, that the book lacks stronger argument and a deeper insight into issues under consideration.
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