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Book Information

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-7190-8536-9
Pages: 256
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Price: £80.00
Published Date: August 2011
BIC Category: History, Colonialism & imperialism, Asian history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Humanities / Colonialism & imperialism, Humanities / Asian history
Series: Studies in Imperialism

Description

This book is a study of the ambitions, activities and achievements of Methodist missionaries in northern Burma from 1887-1966 and the expulsion of the last missionaries by Ne Win. The story is told through painstaking original research in archives which contain thousands of hitherto unpublished documents and eyewitness accounts meticulously recorded by the Methodist missionaries.

This accessible study constitutes a significant contribution to a very little-known area of missionary history. Leigh pulls together the themes of conflict, politics and proselytisation in to a fascinating study of great breadth. The historical nuances of the relationship between religion and governance in Burma are traced in an accessible style. This book will appeal to those teaching or studying colonial and postcolonial history, Burmese politics, and the history of missionary work.

General Editor's introduction
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Map
1. Introduction
2. Missionaries
3. Politics
4. Social Issues
5. Religion
6. Schools
7. Evacuation and Exile
8. Japanese occupation
9. National Traumas
10. Mission Politics
11. Final Act
12. Retrospect
Glossary
Appendix
Bibliography
Index