A Daughter's Memoir of Burma Contributor(s): Law-Yone, Wendy (Author), Steinberg, David (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0231169361 ISBN-13: 9780231169363 Publisher: Columbia University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2013047244 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 8.7" L (1.20 lbs) 328 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Indian |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2014 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Wendy Law-Yone was just fifteen when Burma's military staged a coup and overthrew the civilian government in 1962. The daughter of Ed Law-Yone, the daredevil founder and chief editor of The Nation, Burma's leading postwar English-language newspaper, she experienced firsthand the perils and promises of a newly independent Burma. On the eve of Wendy's studies abroad, Ed Law-Yone was arrested and The Nation shut down. Wendy herself was briefly imprisoned. After his release, Ed fled to Thailand with his family, where he formed a government-in-exile and tried, unsuccessfully, to foment a revolution. Exiled to America with his wife and children, Ed never gave up hope that Burma would one day adopt a new democratic government. Though he died disappointed, he left in his daughter's care an illuminating trove of papers documenting the experiences of an eccentric, ambitious, humorous, and determined patriot, vividly recounting the realities of colonial rule, Japanese occupation, postwar reconstruction, and military dictatorship. This memoir tells the twin histories of Law-Yone's kin and his country, a nation whose vicissitudes continue to intrigue the world. |
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