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A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times by Michael Aung-Thwin, Maitrii Aung-Thwin (review)

A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times by Michael Aung-Thwin, Maitrii Aung-Thwin (review) BOOK REVIEWS A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times. Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii AungThwin. London: Reaktion Books. 2012. 325 pp. Cloth. $39. ISBN 978-1-86189901-9. Reviewed by John N. Miksic, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. This book was written just as Myanmar began to come out of the shell in which it had reposed for 50 years. During that period, historians and archaeologists had little contact with foreign scholarship. Some foreign archaeologists maintained contact with their counterparts, but they ran the risk of being condemned for appearing to support the military regime. There was a brief thaw in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the Myanmar Historical Commission sponsored a number of international conferences. During that time, a number of scholars including such major prehistorians as Ian Glover and Charles Higham (and others including the author of this review) were invited to the site of Nyaung-gan in central Myanmar to inspect the first large excavated site of a late prehistoric burial. A reshuffle of leadership led to the end of this brief period of openness. This isolation and the dearth of funds devoted to historical and archaeological research have been correlated with looting of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Perspectives University of Hawai'I Press

A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times by Michael Aung-Thwin, Maitrii Aung-Thwin (review)

Miksic, John N.
Asian Perspectives , Volume 53 (2) – Jul 21, 2014
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BOOK REVIEWS A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times. Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii AungThwin. London: Reaktion Books. 2012. 325 pp. Cloth. $39. ISBN 978-1-86189901-9. Reviewed by John N. Miksic, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. This book was written just as Myanmar began to come out of the shell in which it had reposed for 50 years. During that period, historians and archaeologists had little contact with foreign scholarship. Some foreign archaeologists maintained contact with their counterparts, but they ran the risk of being condemned for appearing to support the military regime. There was a brief thaw in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the Myanmar Historical Commission sponsored a number of international conferences. During that time, a number of scholars including such major prehistorians as Ian Glover and Charles Higham (and others including the author of this review) were invited to the site of Nyaung-gan in central Myanmar to inspect the first large excavated site of a late prehistoric burial. A reshuffle of leadership led to the end of this brief period of openness. This isolation and the dearth of funds devoted to historical and archaeological research have been correlated with looting of

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