As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at World War II's outset, closing all of China's seaports, more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a 700-mile overland route -- the Burma Road -- from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But when Burma fell in 1942, the Burma Road was severed. As the fi...(展开全部)

As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at World War II's outset, closing all of China's seaports, more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a 700-mile overland route -- the Burma Road -- from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But when Burma fell in 1942, the Burma Road was severed. As the fi...(展开全部)

作者簡介 吳丹敏Thant Myint-U 1966年生於紐約的緬甸家庭，祖父為聯合國第一任亞洲出身的秘書長吳丹。畢業於哈佛及劍橋大學，目前是作家與文化保存工作者。三次出任聯合國維和任務，並擔任政治事務部門的政策規劃主管。現任仰光文化遺產信託主席，2012至2016年間出任緬甸國家經濟與社會顧問委員會成員，並擔任緬甸和平中心特別顧問。2013年吳丹敏獲美國外交政策雜誌選為「一百大全球領導思想家」，2015年獲頒日本的「福岡亞洲文化獎」。 著有三本作品：《現代緬甸的成型》（The Making of Modern Burma）、《失落足跡之河：個人的緬甸史》（The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma）及本書。本書更入選2012年亞洲協會伯納德．舒瓦茲獎決選。 譯者簡介 張毓如 清華...(展开全部)

作者簡介 吳丹敏Thant Myint-U 1966年生於紐約的緬甸家庭，祖父為聯合國第一任亞洲出身的秘書長吳丹。畢業於哈佛及劍橋大學，目前是作家與文化保存工作者。三次出任聯合國維和任務，並擔任政治事務部門的政策規劃主管。現任仰光文化遺產信託主席，2012至2016年間出任緬甸國家經濟與社會顧問委員會成員，並擔任緬甸和平中心特別顧問。2013年吳丹敏獲美國外交政策雜誌選為「一百大全球領導思想家」，2015年獲頒日本的「福岡亞洲文化獎」。 著有三本作品：《現代緬甸的成型》（The Making of Modern Burma）、《失落足跡之河：個人的緬甸史》（The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma）及本書。本書更入選2012年亞洲協會伯納德．舒瓦茲獎決選。 譯者簡介 張毓如 清華...(展开全部)

Burma has often been portrayed as a timeless place, a country of egalitarian Buddhist villages, ruled successively by autocratic kings, British colonialists and, most recently, a military dictatorship. The Making of Modern Burma argues instead that many aspects of Burmese society today, from the borders of the state to the social structure of the countryside to the very notion ...(展开全部)

Burma has often been portrayed as a timeless place, a country of egalitarian Buddhist villages, ruled successively by autocratic kings, British colonialists and, most recently, a military dictatorship. The Making of Modern Burma argues instead that many aspects of Burmese society today, from the borders of the state to the social structure of the countryside to the very notion ...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2012 Cundill Prize in History A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. The story ...(展开全部)

A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years ...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2012 Cundill Prize in History A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. The story ...(展开全部)