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Griffith Asia Institute Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: a select bibli

Griffith Asia Institute Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: a select bibliography Andrew Selth ii About the Griffith Asia Institute The Griffith Asia Institute produces innovative, interdisciplinary research on key developments in the politics, economics, societies and cultures of Asia and the South Pacific. By promoting knowledge of Australia’s changing region and its importance to our future, the Griffith Asia Institute seeks to inform and foster academic scholarship, public awareness and considered and responsive policy making. The Institute’s work builds on a 41 year Griffith University tradition of providing cutting-edge research on issues of contemporary significance in the region. Griffith was the first University in the country to offer Asian Studies to undergraduate students and remains a pioneer in this field. This strong history means that today’s Institute can draw on the expertise of some 50 Asia– Pacific focused academics from many disciplines across the university. Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography, 2012 ISBN 978-1-921760-75-4 © Andrew Selth, Griffith Asia Institute, 2012 The Author Andrew Selth Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, and a Harold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia. He has been studying Burma (Myanmar) for 40 years, as a diplomat, strategic intelligence analyst and research scholar. iii Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………. FOREWORD…………………………………………………… INTRODUCTION…………………………………………….. Burma bibliographies before 1988 Burma bibliographies since 1988 Content and methodology THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE……………….. General Photography GUIDEBOOKS AND DESCRIPTIONS…………… General Rangoon (Yangon) and Mandalay Pagan (Bagan) Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) TRAVELLERS’ ACCOUNTS……………………………. General Pre-20th century 20th and 21st century HISTORY…………………………………………………………. General Pre-20th century 20th and 21st century Second World War AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS………………………………………………………. Colonial era Post-independence period Aung San Suu Kyi POPULATION AND ETHNIC MINORITIES….. Population Ethnic minorities RELIGIONS, RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES AND RELIGIOUS SITES………………………………….. SOCIETY AND HEALTH………………………………… WOMEN…………………………………………………………. iv v 1 2 3 4 9 9 10 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 22 22 23 24 26 26 26 29 31 32 MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE………………………………………………………… NARCOTICS………………………………………………… POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT………………… Official publications General Political change and transition studies HUMAN RIGHTS…………………………………………. INTERNATIONAL AID…………………………………. FOREIGN RELATIONS………………………………… DEFENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY…….. LAW AND CONSTITUTIONS…………………….. ECONOMY, INDUSTRY AND TRADE………. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES……………………………………………………. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL HISTORY LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE…………………. Language Literature CULTURE, ARTS AND CRAFTS…………………. RECREATION AND HOBBIES…………………….. CUISINE……………………………………………………….. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND RESEARCH GUIDES………………………………………………………… APPENDIX……………………………………………………. Books to read before visiting Burma INDEX OF NAMES………………………………………. 33 35 36 36 37 41 43 45 46 49 51 52 55 56 57 57 57 60 62 63 64 65 65 70 Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising iv Acknowledgements This bibliography — or, more properly, checklist — is in one sense a by-product of four decades collecting and reading books, reports and sundry other publications on Burma (Myanmar). During this period I have incurred debts to many friends, colleagues and fellow Burma-watchers, both amateur and professional. In compiling a work such as this, however, there are some people to whom special consideration is due. I should first like to record my gratitude to Sayagyi David Steinberg of Georgetown University. Not only has he provided a foreword to this bibliography, but his advice, encouragement and support over the past 20 years has been invaluable. For their varied contributions to this project, I would also like to thank John Brandon of the Asia Foundation, Sean Turnell of Macquarie University, Nicholas Farrelly of the Australian National University, Sally and Barbara Burdon of the Asia Bookroom, Len Lambourne of The Asian Experts and Thant Thaw Kaung of the Myanmar Book Centre. For their help in this and other Burma-related projects undertaken since I joined the Griffith Asia Institute in 2006, mention must also be made of Michael Wesley, Andrew O’Neil, Stephen McCarthy, Meegan Thorley, Kathy Bailey and Robyn White. At the National Library of Australia, where I was able to complete this project as a Harold White Fellow, thanks are due to Nick Cheesman and Amelia McKenzie. As always, my greatest debt is to my wife, Pattie Collins. Over the past 30 years she has probably learned more about Burma — and its books — than she ever really cared to know. Needless to say, any errors and omissions are my responsibility alone. Brisbane July 2012 Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising v Foreword by David I. Steinberg Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University The indefatigable Andrew Selth, fresh from his seemingly myriad major studies, chapters, research papers, blogs and op-eds, has demonstrated once again his catholic knowledge and his capacity for care and detail related to Burma/Myanmar. This new bibliography, which should become an essential reference for those even minimally concerned with Burma/Myanmar, is path-breaking, and is a critical guide to those both figuratively and literally Burma bound, as was his earlier work on the state of Burmese studies.1 The publication of this bibliography is especially timely. As the state has entered a new incarnation in its ‘civilianized’ form in 2011, after 50 years of direct and indirect military control, as most foreign-imposed sanctions have been suspended or lifted, as the iconic Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has entered public political life, as Myanmar prepares to host the Southeast Asian games in 2013 and chair ASEAN in 2014, as international businesses seek Burmese opportunities, and as tourism is expected to explode, there will no doubt be a spurt of new publications, both ephemeral and more lasting, about aspects of Burma/Myanmar. Yet it is essential for those seriously concerned, and even those touristically inclined, to understand what has gone before if they are to comprehend the present, which is never written de novo. This bibliography, then, offers a Virgilian guide to Myanmar’s recent past, and is an essential reference component for both the interested traveller and the dedicated student or specialist. Burma/Myanmar has been simplistically characterized as isolated and unknown. This may have been comparatively true for a quarter of a century following the coup of 1962, but has been inaccurate for the past generation. In spite of direct rule by junta from 1988 under a regime that was noted worldwide for its repression and human rights violations, the state, known since 2011 as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, attracted more academic and political interest than might have been imagined from a country previously insulated from much of the West. From the essentially isolationist policies of the Burma Socialist Programme Party under General Ne Win (1962-1988), Myanmar (the name was changed in 1989) began to attract both international media attention and academic concern. In part, this was due to some changes in policy, such as the opening to foreign investment, but perhaps more importantly to the image of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who soon became the international icon of democracy, and whose example and appeal attracted many to enter the field of Burma studies and/or work on the Thai frontier among Burmese refugees. She personally seemed to exemplify the raised concerns over human rights issues in that country. This bibliography, then, reflects that new era-now past but quintessentially relevant to the present. Scholarship on Burma after the coup of 1962 essentially dried up, as few scholars were admitted for field work, and then only in a few academic ‘safe’ fields. Responsible professors could not advocate dissertation research on a country in which field work was impossible. Tourism was discouraged and internal travel limited. With the quiet opening of Burma after the coup of 18 September 1988, and in spite of the bloody repression of the failed ‘people’s revolution’ earlier that spring and summer, growth in interest in Burma/Myanmar became evident. This was reflected in both the human rights/democracy advocacy literature, which proliferated especially along the Thai border with Myanmar, and the stirring of disciplinary academic research and quiet field work in-country. Scholars were allowed in, often with tourist visas. We now have a new generation of scholars and published scholarly works in all disciplines. Some reflect internal conditions; others compare, and draw lessons from, the Myanmar experience with other countries. Especially important have been the contributions of expatriate Burmese scholars who have markedly enhanced study of their country from perspectives that foreigners lack. The importance of foreign scholarly research on Myanmar is especially salient if one understands the past stringent controls over research and publishing for those within the country. Until 1988, all internal research (even in science and medicine) by anyone employed by the state (which meant all academicians) was considered classified until presented at a state-sponsored research seminar and then formally approved for public Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising vi dissemination. Since 1988, any research publications have had to meet the mercurial conditions of the official censorship board. History was reinterpreted and rewritten to emphasize the roles of the Myanmar military, and even when classic works were republished, their titles had to change ‘Burma’ into ‘Myanmar’. For example, The Glass Palace Chronicles of the Kings of Burma was published originally in 1923, but in 2008 republished as The Glass uploads/Litterature/ burma-bibliography.pdf