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Book SynopsisThis book is the first detailed study of administration and politics in premodern Burma and one of the few works of its kind for mainland Southeast Asia. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Pri
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xi*TRANSCRIPTIONS, DATES, TERMS, AND NOTES, pg. xiii*Maps, pg. xiv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. DECLINE AND RESTORATION OF THE TOUNGOO EMPIRE, C. 1580-1635, pg. 15*CHAPTER TWO. THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE RESTORED EMPIRE, pg. 63*CHAPTER THREE. THE DECLINE OF ROYAL AUTHORITY IN THE NUCLEAR ZONE, 1648-1752, pg. 139*CHAPTER FOUR. AVA'S LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE OUTER ZONES, 1660-1752, pg. 199*CHAPTER FIVE. ALAUNG-HPAYA'S REINTEGRATION, 1752-1760, pg. 229*CONCLUSIONS AND ANALOGIES, pg. 271*Appendix I. List of Toungoo and Early KAPPAon-baung Kings, pg. 293*Appendix II. A Note on Major Sources, pg. 294*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 301*INDEX, pg. 323
