Author: Hugh Tinker [ed.]
Title: Burma, the Struggle for Independence 1944-1948
Description: London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1983-1984. First edition. Cloth. A two volume history of the struggle for independence in 1940s Burma, illustrated with colour folding maps. Both volumes of this work, with Volume I 1st January 1944 to 31st August 1946, and Volume II, 31st August 1946 to 4th January 1948. With twelve plates and five folding maps across both volumes. Collated, complete.An engrossing work detailing the Constitutional Relations between Britain and Burma during this period, with Burma being the first country to leave the British Empire through negotiated independence. Containing many historical documents presented in chronological order and with extensive explanations.Edited by British historian and Professor of history at Lancaster University, Hugh Tinker. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography described him as 'Britain's foremost historian of modern Burma&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart. Some spotting to fore edge and head of text block. Dust wrapper of vol II very good indeed, with tape reinforcements to the reverse of wrapper only. Tide marks and holes to rear wrap of vol I dust wrapper, with significant loss to tail of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Keywords: Burma Myanmar 1940s Asia Myanmar None


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