Stalemate : : Autonomy and Insurgency on the China-Myanmar Border /

Stalemate : : Autonomy and Insurgency on the China-Myanmar Border / / Andrew Ong.

Stalemate reveals the history and contemporary politics of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Asia's strongest insurgent army on Myanmar's border with China. This ethnographic tale recounts how a highland group, often dismissed as rebels or narcotraffickers, maintains a relational autonomy b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Ong, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.) :; 18 b&w halftones, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliterations
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 PERIPHERAL COSMOPOLITANISMS
  • 2 TOPOGRAPHIES OF POWER
  • 3 OSCILLATIONS AND INCONGRUITIES
  • 4 FRONTIER ACCUMULATIONS
  • 5 GESTURES OF GOVERNANCE
  • EPILOGUE
  • Notes
  • References
  • References

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