Burmese Administrative Cycles

Anarchy and Conquest, c. 1580-1760

Victor B. Lieberman

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780691612812
  9780691640716
• eBook ISBN:
  9781400855858
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Asian History
• Index: History

This 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.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Transcriptions, Dates, Terms, and Notes
• Maps
• Introduction
• 1. Decline and Restoration of the Toungoo Empire, C. 1580-1635
• 2. The Structure of Government in the Restored Empire
• 3. The Decline of Royal Authority in the Nuclear Zone, 1648-1752
• 4. Ava's Loss of Control over the Outer Zones, 1660-1752
• 5. Alaùng-Hpayá's Reintegration, 1752-1760
• Conclusions and Analogies
• Appendix I. List of Toungoo and Early Κόn-baung Kings
• Appendix II. A Note on Major Sources
• Bibliography
• Index