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Wade, Francis,

Myanmar's Enemy Within : Buddhist violence and the making of muslim 'other' / Francis Wade. - London : Zed Books Ltd, 2017. - xiv, 280 pages ; 22 cm - Asian arguments. . - Asian arguments. .

Includes bibliographical references.

The first wave: the murder, the smoke and the ruins -- of whose soil? Britain and the birth of a fractured nation -- The art of belonging: a peculiar transaction in Yangon -- Us and them: making identities, manipulating divides -- Ruling the unruly: social engineering and the village of prisoners -- 2012: season of violence -- At first light the darkness fell: Myanmar's democratic experiment falters -- "We came down from the sky": the Buddhist preachers of hate -- Apartheid state: camps, ghettos and the new architecture of control -- U Maung Soe: an outcast in disguise -- In the old cinema hut: fear, hope and the heroes we forget.

ISBN: 9781783605286 1783605286 9781783605279 1783605278

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islam and state--Burma.
Buddhism and state--Burma.
Islam--Relations--Buddhism.
Buddhism--Relations--Islam.
Buddhism.
Buddhism and state.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
Islam and state.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Burma.

LC Class. No.: DS527 / .W33 2017