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  • The River of Lost Footsteps

    A Personal History of Burma

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    For nearly two decades Western governments and a growing activist community have been frustrated in their attempts to bring about a freer and more democratic Burma—through sanctions and tourist boycotts—only to see an apparent slide toward even harsher dictatorship. But what do we really know about Burma and its history? And what can Burma's past tell us about the present and even its future?In ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Hidden History of Burma

    Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    **A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2019A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020“An urgent book.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times**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 ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Peacemaker

    U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    **“A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own. Essential reading for anyone interested in the origins and possibilities of our current global crisis.”—Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the EdgeA new history of the turbulent 1960s told through the life of U Thant, the first UN secretary-general of color, whose decisions once shaped global war and ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Where China Meets India

    Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    Thant Myint-U's Where China Meets India is a vivid, searching, timely book about the remote region that is suddenly a geopolitical center of the world.From their very beginnings, China and India have been walled off from each other: by the towering summits of the Himalayas, by a vast and impenetrable jungle, by hostile tribes and remote inland kingdoms stretching a thousand miles from Calcutta ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • 緬甸的未竟之路：種族、資本主義與二十一世紀的民主新危機

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

    de 吳丹敏Thant Myint-U ...
    Series series Visum
    不被承認的羅興亞人！不能遏止的民族衝突！無法帶來和平的停火協議！不容忽視的地緣政治經濟角逐！翁山蘇姬上台後，政治的角力與資源的分配，仍持續讓國家動盪。吳丹敏延續《緬甸，新亞洲的博弈競技場》詳實的田野調查功力與深刻的書寫，為基層人民用力發聲！讀者可以從這本書了解：◆緬甸為何從區域最富饒的國家，淪為最封閉國家的背後歷史。◆羅興亞人與緬人的衝突到底從何而來？◆進一步探究世界強權如何影響未來緬甸政治與民主的發展！到底該怎麼做，緬甸才有辦法擁抱更光明的未來？緬甸問題的根源在於英國人以夷制夷、忽略歷史脈絡的行政區劃，但是當他們離開時，卻把問題留給了被殖民者自己。當代緬甸，是英國殖民後留下的遺產。伊洛瓦底江河谷的緬人王國被征服，已經給緬人烙下深刻的恥辱。原本就不屬於緬人王國統轄的山區民族，在英國人的扶持下穩定發展。由印度引進、中國移民組成的勞工，在仰光等充滿工作... ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Myanmar. Dove la Cina incontra l'India

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    "Myanmar. Dove la Cina incontra l'India" è un diario di viaggio che accompagna in una delle più strategiche zone di confine del mondo, quel crocevia asiatico che si sviluppa "nel nord del Myanmar (ex Birmania), verso il sud-ovest della Cina e il nord-est dell'India, [...] regioni di una bellezza stupefacente lungo le alture ai piedi dell'Himalaya orientale, dove a pochi passi di distanza convivono ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • L'altra storia della Birmania

    Una distopia del XXI secolo

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    Traducido por Piernicola D'Ortona ...
    Indicata tra i luoghi più attrattivi del mondo nel 2013, a ridosso della liberazione di Aung San Suu Kyi, nel giro di pochi anni la Birmania è tornata a essere uno dei Paesi da evitare. Emersa da lunghi e oscuri decenni di dittatura, i progressi verso una democrazia sembravano inevitabili. Ma le speranze di un cambiamento hanno presto vacillato con il persistere della guerra civile e la crisi ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Peacemaker

    U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    Narrado por Thant Myint-U ...

    Completo

    10 hora 11 minutos

    In the early 1960s, a peaceful world was an imaginable goal. The United Nations was widely respected and regarded as humankind's best hope for resolving global conflicts. African and Asian nations, having recently won their freedom from colonial domination, sought dignity and influence on the world stage. At the helm of their efforts was U Thant, a practicing Buddhist from a remote town in Burma ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    The Hidden History of Burma

    Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

    de Thant Myint-U ...
    Narrado por Assaf Cohen ...

    Completo

    9 hora 36 minutos

    Precariously positioned between China and India, Burma's population has suffered dictatorship, natural disaster, and the dark legacies of colonial rule. But when decades of military dictatorship finally ended and internationally beloved Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi emerged from long years of house arrest, hopes soared. World leaders such as Barack Obama ushered in waves of international support ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • 中俄邊境大河黑龍江：被世界忽略的地緣政治與文化糾葛

    An den Ufern des Amur: Die vergessene Welt zwischen China und Russland

    de 吳若痕, Sören Urbansky ...
    Traducido por 黃鎮斌 ...
    Series Libro BH2046-001 - Live & Learn
    沿著黑龍江的滔滔江水進入被世人遺忘的邊境疆域細說中俄之間從古至今的權力糾葛、愛恨情仇**媒體遴選最佳非文學類書單**——德國廣播電台文化台、德國電視第二台ZDF、時代週報、新蘇黎世報、文學世界、奧地利廣播電台第一台、西德廣播公司第五頻道歷史學者以貝加爾湖為起點，沿著黑龍江流域而下，跨越戈壁沙漠、內蒙大草原、西伯利亞針葉林帶，走訪黑龍江南北兩岸的城市鄉鎮，直至日本海。田野調查般的第一手報導，書寫兩大帝國在此交會的時代軌跡、邊境生活的贏家與輸家，以及對當代中俄關係的多層次觀點。在中國北方日顯「西伯利亞」，俄國東南方更加「中國」的地區，兩大帝國早已互相依賴。本書作者，一位中俄歷史學家，寫下在黑龍江流域旅程中的所見、所聞、所思，見證了南岸繁華大都市與北岸的停滯發展，而繁華與衰落的交替僅在百年間。他背起背包走過「西伯利亞的巴黎」伊爾庫茨克、貝加爾湖、歐亞大陸鐵路樞紐烏蘭烏德 ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • 國之荒原：金權政治、貧富差距、體制失能、族群對立，理解美國人憤怒的根源

    Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury

    de 歐逸文 ...
    Traducido por 陳榮彬 ...
    Series series Americanology
    十年前，我們靠《野心時代》認識崛起且充滿機遇的中國十年後，我們靠《國之荒原》理解空轉而岌岌可危的美國★ 美國國家圖書獎、普立茲獎得主，★《野心時代》、《喬．拜登》作者最新報導文學作品離開家鄉十數年的歐逸文發現，美國在這二十年間已成為一片道德精神上的「荒原」，百病叢生白人、黑人，有錢人、窮人，自由派、保守派每個人都充滿憤怒和怨懟，這到底是為了什麼？《芝加哥論壇報》：「透過清晰文風與引人入勝的書寫，作者為我們描繪出過去二十年的面貌」。《科克斯書評》：「作者以優雅的風格考察了美國為何會在各方面陷入兩極化的處境，以及造成哪些影響。」《華盛頓郵報》：「歐逸文的筆法像是編織條細緻的掛毯，我們可以在掛毯上看到過去二十年來美國人經歷了哪些事情。」《波士頓環球報》：「歐逸文聚焦他熟知的三個地方，以細膩且充滿情感的筆觸勾勒當地的男男女女。」從2001年九一一恐攻事件到2021年國會山莊襲擊事件 ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • 爭分奪秒：科學與病毒的玩命競速

    Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

    de 大衛．逵曼, David Quammen, 葉文欽 ...
    當新冠病毒走入人間大舉肆虐，舉世動員與時間賽跑的科學競速就此開跑！這場瘋狂競賽已到終點了嗎？抑或是更大的危機還在蠢蠢欲動？本書獨有一般科普書所不具備的閱讀沉浸感——因為書中所寫的，是我們共同親身經歷過的事。★入圍美國國家圖書獎★《大西洋月刊》盛讚「讀了就停不下來」★《紐約時報》推崇本書「又迷人又嚇人」本書呈現了疫情背後宏大的科學故事，把一塊塊原本看似毫無關連的拼圖碎片給連接起來。——艾琳．加西亞．德．赫蘇斯（Erin Garcia de Jesús），《科學新聞》美國國家圖書獎的入圍作品《爭分奪秒》講述了一場舉世動員的科學競速故事，科學家們搶著時間破解新冠病毒，一面追查它的來源，還要設法創造疫苗來對抗新冠大流行。關於新冠肺炎，究竟是哪裡出了差錯才把疫情搞得這麼大？為什麼大多數的國家會如此措手不及？這種情況缺的到底是科學資訊，還是錢？「我們缺的其實是想像力」，要先了解過往，才知道如何想像 ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD