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001 2015016472
003 DLC
005 20151006090116.0
008 150424s2015 nyu b 000 0beng
010 $a 2015016472
020 $a9781568584980 (hardback)
020 $z9781568584850 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $aa-br---
050 00 $aDS530.68$b.N85 2015
082 00 $a959.105/3092$aB$223
084 $aPOL035000$aHIS048000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSchrank, Delphine.
245 14 $aThe rebel of Rangoon :$ba tale of defiance and deliverance in Burma /$cDelphine Schrank.
263 $a1506
264 1 $aNew York :$bNation Books,$c[2015]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"An epic, multigenerational story of courage and sacrifice set in a tropical dictatorship on the verge of massive transformation, The Rebel of Rangoon captures a gripping moment of possibility in Burma. Journalist Delphine Schrank spent four years underground tracking Burmese dissidents whose semi-clandestine existence and fight for democracy remained largely hidden behind their globally celebrated figurehead, Aung San Suu Kyi. With intimate, vivid prose, Schrank follows the inner life of a daredevil young dissident, his friends and rivals, across rural hamlets and flickering internet connections, into prison cells and safe houses, and deep into their own hearts, as they escape spies and outwit interrogators, fall in love or slip into insanity. Through that dissident's perspective, Schrank unfurls a harrowing account of a country's efforts to emerge from military dictatorship, how a movement of dissidents came into being, how it almost died, and how it pushed its government to crack apart and begin an irreversible process of political reform. In doing so, Schrank delivers a profoundly human exploration of daring and defiance and of the power and meaning of freedom. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
600 00 $aNway.
650 0 $aPolitical activists$zBurma$vBiography.
610 20 $aNational League for Democracy (Burma)$vBiography.
651 0 $aBurma$xPolitics and government$y1988-
650 0 $aDissenters$zBurma$vBiography.
600 00 $aAung San Suu Kyi$xFriends and associates.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zBurma$xHistory$y21st century.
651 0 $aRangoon (Burma)$vBiography.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.$2bisacsh