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Ballads of Burma by Oolay
 Ballads of Burma. A collection of 37 poems, (described as 'ditties'), on 19th. century colonial life in Burma, and originally published in the Rangoon Gazette and the Burma Critic. Some reflect the author's views of the 'unjust treatment of Burma at the hands of the Indian government'. |
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An English Girl's First Impressions of Burma by Beth Ellis
An English Girl's First Impressions of Burma. A spontaneous and irrepressibly humourous view of life in Burma a century ago. Devoid of all statistics and political observations, yet "to those happy ones who love laughter, it will be welcome as gold". |
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The Talaings by Robert Halliday
The Talaings. Robert Halliday is by most scholars acknowledged as 'the father of Mon studies'. A missionary with the American Baptist Mission, he lived among the Mon in the first three decades of the twentieth century in Burma and Siam, and wrote extensively about this distinguished race through which Theravada Buddhism was imparted to the immigrant Burmese and Siamese. The publication of Halliday's major work on the Mon, The Talaings, was apparently delayed by the First World War, and appeared in 1917 with the Government Press in Rangoon. In retrospect it is unfortunate that the title of his work was given the somewhat pejorative Burmese word for the Mon. As Halliday himself remarks, 'In Talaing books usually and in ordinary Talaing speech, the name Mon only is used'. The term Talaing only had currency in Burma; among the Siamese and others, Western linguists included, the word Mon is generally used. |
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Tour Through Pegu by Robert Abreu
Journal of a Tour Through Pegu and Martaban Provinces. One of the earliest accounts in English in these, at that stage, newly 'acquired' possessions of the British Empire, as recorded on three forestry inspection tours in the 1850s. As a forester, Abreu gives detailed accounts of the forests and other vegetation of the areas traversed, but he also writes of the villagers and their peoples. He concludes with a detailed listing of the flora and fauna of Pegu. |
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History of Burma by Sir Arthur Phayre
History of Burma. This was the first comprehensive history of Burma, and has become regarded as a classic reference. The author draws upon Burmese written records and the narratives of European travellers and residents before him. The book is accompanied by several maps and two Appendices which provide comprehensive lists of the 'Kings of Burma' and the 'Kings who Reigned in Pegu'. |
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The Soul of a People by Harold Fielding Hall
The Soul of a People. This book ran into four editions and a further six reprintings between 1898 and 1911. No wonder. The author provides delightful insights into Burmese thought, based on his long years of residence and travel throughout the country. The book uses his understanding of Burmese Buddhism as the framework for explaining Burmese attitudes towards government, crime and punishment, war, death, manners of behaviour, women, divorce, the monkhood, prayer, festivals, nat spirits, and the avoidance of killing many living creatures. The book's charm also lies in the obvious love the author had for the Burmese people and his straightforward writing style. |
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Burma. A Handbook of Practical Information by James George Scott
Burma: A Handbook of Practical Information. A compendium of information on Burma including such subjects as: the country and climate; government; industries; archaeology; language and literature, and hints to visitors or new residents. Still more information is provided in appendices on the administrative divisions, flora and fauna, and metals, minerals and gems. Over 70 illustrative photographic plates. |
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The Burmese Empire a Hundred Years Ago by Vincenzo Sangermano
The Burmese Empire a Hundred Years Ago. Father Vincentius Sangermano, a Barnabite missionary, lived and worked in Burma from 1783 to 1808. As Symes recorded at the time: 'he seemed a very respectable and intelligent man and wrote the Birman language fluently, and was held in high estimation by the natives for his exemplary life and inoffensive manners'. His book is divided into sections on: Burmese Cosmography; Burmese History; Constitution of the Burmese Empire; Religion of the Burmese; Moral and Physical Constitution of the Burmese Empire; and Burmese Code. The last of these is significant for being the first translation of any of the numerous codes of law written on palm leaves. Sangermano was also one of the earliest Christian missionaries to study the languages, literatures and institutions of the people, and in this book, no matter how dry the subject matter, his empathy with the Burmese people is evident. In addition, because of his language skills, the high regard in which he was held, and his access to the king's officials and Pali scholars, Father Vincentius was able to tap original sources unavailable to others either at the time or since. No wonder his book has been treated as an authority by those writers who have followed him. |
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Catholic Burmese Mission by Paul Ambrose Bigandet
An Outline of the History of the Catholic Burmese Mission from the Year 1720 to 1857. The first (Portuguese) Christian missionaries arrived in Burma in the early decades of the 17th century. They were followed by a formal mission of the Italian Barnabite Fathers in 1721, which was briefly taken over by the Oblats of Turin in 1840, before the French Society of Missions was put in charge in 1856. The author, Head of Mission in the 1880s, bases his compilation on the records of travellers and his own interviews for the period up to 1840, in which year all mission records had been accidentally destroyed by fire. The details of specific missionaries and their activities are placed within the broader context of the political ebb and flow of the rivalries between the kingdoms of Ava and Pegu, and later with the wars against Britain. As well as giving details of churches and schools founded, the author provides descriptions of the towns and villages (and their inhabitants) where missionaries were active, and relationships between the Church and Burmese royalty. |
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Gentleman in the Parlour by Somerset Maugham
Gentleman in the Parlour by Somerset Maugham. Among the many memorable books on travels in Burma before the Second World War, Somerset Maugham's leisurely progress from London via Colombo, then up the Irrawaddy to Mandalay and onwards through the then peaceful Shan States to Thailand and Cambodia ranks among the most enjoyable. He was not only a sharp-eyed observer of human nature but writes about his encounters with a good deal of empathy quite uncommon among travel writers of the 1920's. |
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