Michael D. Leigh

The Collapse of British Rule in Burma (eBook, ePUB)

The Civilian Evacuation and Independence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands of evacuees were trapped in a huge area of no-man's-land in the north. They made their way to India through the so-called 'jungles of death', attempting to trek out of Burma amidst perilous conditions. Drawing on diverse and previously unpublished accounts, Michael D. Leigh analyses the experiences of evacuees in both Burma and India and critically examines the impact of evacuation on colonial and Burmese politics in the lead-up to independence in 1948. This study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Burmese history, 20th-century imperialism and the global reach of the Second World War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472589750
• Artikelnr.: 54674536

Autorenporträt

Michael D. Leigh is Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Major-General Wood and the Evacuation
3. The Indian Tea Planters Association
4. The Hukawng Valley Route: Travellers' Tales
5. Fort Hertz and the Chaukkan Valley Route: The Case of Sir John Rowland
6. The Bishop Strachan Orphans: A Tragic Case Study
7. Eric T D Lambert: Saviour of Civilian Evacuees and the Chinese Fifth
Army
8. The Collection of Accounts of the Evacuation by Burma Oil Company
Executives
9. Dinjan, Margherita, Dimapur: Activities in the Indian Frontier Towns
10. Evacuation Camps in India
11. From Evacuation to Independence 1942-48: Political Fallout
12. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index