The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2019

During a century of colonialism, Burma was plundered for its natural resources and remade as a racial hierarchy. Over decades of dictatorship, it suffered civil war, repression, and deep poverty. Today, Burma faces a mountain of challenges: crony capitalism, exploding inequality, rising ethnonationalism, extreme racial violence, climate change, multibillion dollar ...