The Shan of Burma : : Memoirs of a Shan Exile / / Chao Yawnghwe Tzang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Tzang, Chao Yawnghwe,
• MitwirkendeR: Smith, Martin,; Yawnghwe, Chao Tzang,; Yawnghwe, Harn,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)

In this highly personal account, the author, Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, a son of the first President of the Union of Burma, tells of his youth and involvement in the Shan resistance movement. He gives his version of Shan history and explains the complexity of Shan politics covering the issues of autonomy, Shan-Burmese relations, opium, and other contraband trade. He discusses the personalities involved in the war that is now more than twenty years old. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics. The author passed away in July 2004.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- In Memorium -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART ONE. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION -- 1 A Native of the Shan Hills -- PART TWO: SHAN-BURMESE RELATIONS -- 2 An Overview of Shan-Burmese Relations -- 3 The Development of Shan-Burmese Relations -- 4 Shan-Burmese Relations from 1948 -- PART THREE: WHOʼS WHO IN SHAN POLITICS -- 5 Historical and Political Personalities (A Personal Perspective) -- APPENDICES -- Appendix I. HISTORIC DECISIONS AND AGREEMENTS PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE -- Appendix II. SHAN PROPOSALS TO TERMINATE THE OPIUM TRADE IN THE SHAN STATE -- Appendix III. NOTES ON THE FILM, OPIUM WARLORDS -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- THE AUTHOR