Brave Men of the Hills: Resistance and Rebellion in Burma, 1825-1932

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University of Hawaii Press, Jun 1, 2001 - History - 224 pages

Burma was conquered by Britain in the course of three wars fought in 1825, 1852 and 1885, and colonial rule was to last until 1948, when Burma regained independence. Throughout this period there were several armed uprisings against foreign rule and its social and economic ramifications.

In Brave Men of the Hills Parimal Ghosh explores how peasant militancy was first generated and then crystallised into an open challenge to the colonial state. He focuses on two types of uprisings: the nineteenth-century resistance that followed the three wars of conquest, and Saya San's revolt of 1930-1933. Rather than seeing such Burmeses responses as being the symptom of a colonial "pacification" process, he argues that they were organic expressions of a momentum of resistance originating among a grassroots peasant base.

 

Contents

On the Banks of the Salween and the Irrawaddy
17
The Sangha
22
The New Regime
31
The Aftermath First Phase
39
The Aftermath Second Phase
47
Leaders of Men
53
The Kings Conspiracy
55
Revolt in the Periphery Act I
59
Revolt in the Periphery Act II
97
The Rape of Surarnabhumi
105
Metamorphosis Continued
114
A New Countenance
121
A Form of Politics
128
On Top of the Alantaung Hill
145
The Rebellion
151
The Defeat of the Guerrillas
161

In the Heartland of Burma
70
The New Centre
76
A Peoples Revolt
79
Of Kings Officers and Churchmen
87
The Rank and File
92
The Gameplan
93
Conclusion
180
Abbreviations
187
Glossary
189
Bibliography
191
Index
195
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