Myanmar (Burma) - History, Culture & Food (Chapter)
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Myanmar (Burma) - History, Culture & Food (Chapter)
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10th Edition
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May 2009
51 pp
This chapter contains the History, Culture, Food & Drink, and Environment chapters from Lonely Planet's Myanmar guidebook.
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This chapter provides an overview of the rocky ride that is Myanmar's history, how its people have persevered through 'routine instability', and how you can make your way through its extraordinarily diverse landscape and 'hot' and 'cool' foods.
- historical timeline
- do's and don'ts of Myanmar culture
- Myanmar food: staples and specialities
- beware: where there be were-tigers...
Coverage includes: The Birth of Kings, Finding Independence, The '88 Generation, Looking Ahead, Early Kingdoms, The 'First Burma', Second 'Burma', Burma's Last Kings, Enter Britain, Rise of Nationalism, U Nu & Early Woes, Ne Win & the Road to Socialism, A Vote for the NLD, The World & Myanmar, Repositioned Junta, September 2007, Cyclone Nargis, The Future, National Psyche, Education, Women in Myanmar, Arts, Environmental Issues.
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