Aung-Thwin, Maitrii.

The return of the Galon king : history, law, and rebellion in colonial Burma / Maitrii Aung-Thwin. - Singapore : NUS Press, c2011. - xx, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 124 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-241) and index.

Textualizing rebellion : remembering kings and an ethnology of revolt -- Legislating rebellion : ethnology and the formation of counter-insurgency law -- Adjudicating rebellion : the trial of Saya San and the authentication of the narrative -- Codifying rebellion : the origins and causes of the Burma rebellion -- Interpreting rebellion : binary structures and colonial remains -- Sanctifying rebellion : colonial discourses, religion, and millenarian movements -- Remembering rebellion : museums, monks, and the military.

9789971695095

2010033715


San, Hsaya --Trials, litigation, etc.


Burma--History--Peasant Uprising, 1930.


Burma--Trials, litigation, etc.--History--20th century.

DS527.6 / .A86 2011

959.1/04 / A926