| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 124 |
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Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 124.
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| Contents |
Maps and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Textualizing Rebellion: Remembering Kings and an Ethnology of Revolt; Chapter 3: Legislating Rebellion: Ethnology and the Formation of Counter-Insurgency Law; Chapter 4: Adjudicating Rebellion: The Trial of Saya Sun; Chapter 5: Codifying Rebellion: Origins of a Resistance Narrative; Chapter 6: Interpreting Rebellion: Binary Structures and Colonial Remains; Chapter 7: Sanctifying Rebellion: Colonial Discourses and Southeast Asian Resistance; Chapter 8: Remembering Rebellion: Museums, Monks, and the Military |
| Summary |
In late 1930, on a secluded mountain overlooking the rural paddy fields of British Burma, a peasant leader named Saya San crowned himself King and inaugurated a series of uprisings that would later erupt into one of the largest anti-colonial rebellions in Southeast Asian history. Considered an imposter by the British, a hero by nationalists, and a prophet-king by area-studies specialists, Saya San came to embody traditional Southeast Asia's encounter with European colonialism in his attempt to resurrect the lost throne of Burma. The Return of the Galon King analyzes the legal origins of the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
San, Hsaya -- Trials, litigation, etc
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San, Hsaya fast |
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Anti-imperialist movements -- Burma -- History -- 20th century
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Anti-imperialist movements
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Trials
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Burma -- History -- Peasant Uprising, 1930.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018121
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Burma -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- History -- 20th century
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Burma
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| Genre/Form |
Trial and arbitral proceedings
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0896802760 |
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9780896802766 |
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0896804704 |
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9780896804708 |
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