Women in modern Burma / / Tharaphi Than.

"Presents a comprehensive overview of the role of women in Burmese society from independence in 1948 to the present. It covers women in politics, women writers, working women, marginalised women such as prostitutes, and women's role in the 1940s as freedom fighters and since 1988 as campai...

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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Routledge,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 88
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Physical Description:1 online resource (198 pages).
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