Title Inroads into Burma : a travellers' anthology / compiled and introduced by Gerry Abbott

Published Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description xviii, 322 pages : illustrations (1 color), map ; 20 cm Series Oxford in Asia paperbacks Oxford in Asia paperbacks. Contents Introduction / Gerry Abbott -- 1. Mergui and Pegu / Ludovico Di Varthema -- 2. The Fair City of Pegu / Cesare Di Fedrici (Caesar Fredericke) -- 3. Coral, Yes; Republicanism, No! / Gasparo Balbi -- 4. Bargainings and Offerings / Ralph Fitch -- 5. A Rattling Good Tale? / Francesco Carletti -- 6. At the Court of Arakan / Sebastiao Manrique -- 7. An Audience with King Bodaw-hpaya / Michael Symes -- 8. A Relaxed Audience with Ba-gyi-daw and His Queen / Henry Gouger -- 9. A Yankee at the Court of King Mindon / Frank Vincent -- 10. A Private Interview with King Thibaw / Shway Yoe -- 11. Burma's Last King and Queen Go into Exile / Herbert Thirkell White -- 12. Pagodas / Shway Yoe -- 13. The Biggest Pile of Bricks in the World / Hiram Cox -- 14. Amarapura's Golden Monasteries / Michael Symes -- 15. Intruders in Mandalay Palace / Grattan Geary -- 16. The Incomparable Pagoda / W. R. Winston -- 17. The Pinnacles of Sagaing / V. C. Scott O'Connor -- 18. A Canoeist in Pagan / Major R. Raven-Hart -- 19. An Artist Views the Shwe Dagon / Robert Talbot Kelly -- 20. Nats: The Spirits of Heaven and Earth / Shway Yoe -- 21. One Christian's View of Buddhism / A. W. Wills -- 22. A Dane Becomes a Novice Monk / Jorgen Bisch -- 23. Traditional Mon Beliefs About the Unseen / Robert Halliday -- 24. The Venerable White Elephant / Vincentius Sangermano -- 25. The Hill of the Snake / Hassoldt Davis -- 26. Word-play and Word Magic / Gerry Abbott -- 27. The First War: The Death of Maha Bandula / John James Snodgrass -- 28. The Second War: The Storming of Shwe Dagon / William F. B. Laurie -- 29. The Third War: The Taking of Mandalay / Colonel E. B. Sladen -- 30. The Sad 'Sea Gypsies' / Leopold Ainsworth -- 31. The 'Flowery' Lisu / Beatrix Metford -- 32. The Proud Mon / Austin Coates -- 33. Obliging but Jealous Wives / Alexander Hamilton -- 34. Free and Happy Lives / Alice Hart -- 35. The Fascinating Burmese Woman / Frederick Treves -- 36. Aung San Suu Kyi / Michael Aris -- 37. Daily Life in the 1830s / Howard Malcom -- 38. The Boat-race and the Pweh / H. F. Prevost Battersby -- 39. How to Make Lacquerware / R. Raven-Hart -- 40. Lost in the Jungle / Charles T. Paske -- 41. Denizens of the Forest / Alice Hart -- 42. The Case of the Flowering Bamboo / Gordon Hunt -- 43. Creatures Great and Small / Gerry Abbott Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Buddhist architecture -- Burma. Pagodas -- Burma -- Pagan. SUBJECT Myanmar -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007102235 Myanmar -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86005588 Myanmar -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007102234 Author Abbott, Gerry. LC no. 97017137 ISBN 9835600341

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