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Where China meets India : Burma and the new crossroads of Asia / Thant Myint-U.

By: Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.Edition: 1st American edDescription: ix, 361 p. : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374299071 (alk. paper)
  • 0374299072 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS527.7 .T44 2011
Contents:
pt. 1. The back door. Irrawaddy dreaming ; Cousins ; The Burma Road ; Lords of the sunset ; New frontiers -- pt. 2. Southwestern barbarians. The Malacca dilemma ; South of the clouds ; Gandhara ; Shangri-La ; Between China and the deep blue sea -- pt. 3. The edge of Hindustan. Looking east ; Forgotten partitions; Inner lines ; Instruments of accession.
Summary: "An account of the Asian frontier's long and rich history and its modern significance."--Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The back door. Irrawaddy dreaming ; Cousins ; The Burma Road ; Lords of the sunset ; New frontiers -- pt. 2. Southwestern barbarians. The Malacca dilemma ; South of the clouds ; Gandhara ; Shangri-La ; Between China and the deep blue sea -- pt. 3. The edge of Hindustan. Looking east ; Forgotten partitions; Inner lines ; Instruments of accession.

"An account of the Asian frontier's long and rich history and its modern significance."--Publisher's description.

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