About this title: Jonathan Falla, a nurse and prizewinning playwright, spent an illegal year living with the Karen rebels. His richly illustrated account of life in the Burmese jungle creates an evocative portrait of a people fighting to preserve their way of life. The Karen, one of Burma's many minority peoples, have been waging an increasingly desperate war for ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780521390194ISBN:0521390192
Description: Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Inscription on half-title page.; 16 x 24 cm.; pg. xxii, 400; List of 20 photos and 2 maps, foreword, preface, notes, bibliography, index previous owner's inscription half-title. Fine in very good dust-jacket. "The author spent a year (1986-87) living in the Burmese jungle with the Karen rebels who have been fighting the Burmese government for autonomy since 1949. Falla, a trained nurse, was engaged in a research project to survey demography and disease patterns, ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780521390194ISBN:0521390192
Description: Fine- in Fine- jacket. A very handsome hardcover first edition with immaculate tight white pages having no inscriptions, set in immaculate coverboards. The unpriced jacket has negligible shelfwear and looks super in a newly fitted Brodart clear archive removable cover. Will be wrapped in three layers of polyfoam prior to despatch in a secure box. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780521399203ISBN:0521399203
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780521390194ISBN:0521390192
Description: BRAND NEW. 9.33 by 1.18 inches. (424 pages) this book is a portrait of an ancient culture remoulded to the purposes of ethnic rebellion. the karen, one of burma's many minority peoples, have been waging an increasingly desperate war for autonomy against the burmese government since 1949. jonathan falla, a nurse and prizewinning playwright, spent an illegal year in burma with the karen rebels. the karen, one of burma's many minority peoples, have been waging an increasingly desperate war for ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780521390194ISBN:0521390192
Description: Very Good. 8vo. B/w photos. This book is a portrait of the Karen, a minority people of Burma with an ancient culture, whose culture has been remolded for the purpose of ethnic rebellion against the Burmese government. 400pp. Index/Biblio. 1st ed. read more
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1991, xxiv, 400 pp., illus. in b&w. In Dj. The author, a nurse, spent an illegal year with the Karen rebels, who have waged war agianst the Burmese government since 1949. read more
Description: Good. 0521390192 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: Good. 0521390192 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780521390194ISBN:0521390192
Description: Hardcover, 8vo, xxiii+400pp, map, black and white plates, bibliography, index. Foreword by Nigel Barley. Fine in Fine dustjacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1991 0-521-39019-2
ISBN-13:9780521390194ISBN:0521390192
Description: Fine/fine (fine unopened copy in fine unclipped dj, as new) octavo 400pp. A study of the Karen, one of Burma's many minority peoples, enriched with historical comparisons, and based on portraits of individual Karen as they struggle to defend their way of life. Illustrated with b/w photographs taken by the author during the year he spent with the Karen rebels. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780521399203ISBN:0521399203
Description: New. The Karen, one of Burma's many minority peoples, have been waging an increasingly desperate war for autonomy against the Burmese government since 1949. Karen society in Burma has been little studied since the 1920s, and recent writers have been force... read more
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