Burmese administrative cycles : anarchy and conquest, c. 1580-1760 / Victor B. Lieberman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lieberman, Victor B., 1945- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burma--Politics and government.

Burma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first detailed study of administration and politics in premodern Burma and one of the few works of its kind for mainland Southeast Asia.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

TRANSCRIPTIONS, DATES, TERMS, AND NOTES

Maps

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. DECLINE AND RESTORATION OF THE TOUNGOO EMPIRE, C. 1580-1635

CHAPTER TWO. THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE RESTORED EMPIRE

CHAPTER THREE. THE DECLINE OF ROYAL AUTHORITY IN THE NUCLEAR ZONE, 1648-1752

CHAPTER FOUR. AVA'S LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE OUTER ZONES, 1660-1752

CHAPTER FIVE. ALAUNG-HPAYA'S REINTEGRATION, 1752-1760

CONCLUSIONS AND ANALOGIES

Appendix I. List of Toungoo and Early Κòn-baung Kings

Appendix II. A Note on Major Sources

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Derived from author's doctoral dissertation, University of London, 1976.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [301]-322.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64071-8

1-4008-5585-3

0-691-61281-1

OCLC:

884013456