Book Number: 21 067

O'Connor, V.C. Scott

MANDALAY AND OTHER CITIES OF THE PAST IN BURMA

First published in 1907, this book is still an important source of information for all who are curious about this fascinating country which is only now in the process of change.

V.C. Scott O'Connor served in Burma at the turn of the century as a British colonial officer. His extensive travels took him to numerous cities, all of which had had a great influence on Burmese history, art and culture. From his experiences, the author recreates Burmese history through that of important early cities: Mandalay, for which he had a special affection, Sagaing, Ava, Amarapura, Pagan, Pegu, Prome, Thare-kettaya (Sri-kshetra), Mergui, Tagoung, and the monastery complex at Po-u-daung. The work includes 243 illustrations, mostly photographs, reproductions of paintings by the traditionalist Burmese painter, Saya Chone, and maps and diagrams.

(Bangkok 1996, reprint from 1907)

ISBN 974-8495-17-5

444 pp., 11 pp. fully illus., 8 pp. in color, 150 x 210 mm, pbk.

37.50 US-Dollar

Burma:

• VISIONS OF SHWEDAGON

• PAGAN, THE ORIGINS OF MODERN BURMA

• IRRIGATION IN THE HEARTLAND OF BURMA: FOUNDATIONS OF THE PRE-COLONIAL BURMESE STATE

• GOLDEN TRIANGLE FRONTIER AND WILDERNESS

• FURTHER INDIA

• GAZETTEER OF BURMA, VOL. I & II

• THE KACHIN, RELIGION AND CUSTOMS

• A THOUSAND MILES ON AN ELEPHANT IN THE SHAN STATES

• ANCIENT BUDDHIST ART FROM BURMA

• FOLK ELEMENTS IN BURMESE BUDDHISM

• BURMESE BUDDHIST SCULPTURE - The Johan Möger Collection

• KING THEBAW AND THE ECOLOGICAL RAPE OF BURMA: The Political and Commercial Struggle Between British India and French Indo-China in Burma 1878-1886

• A THOUSAND LIVES AWAY: BUDDHISM IN CONTEMPORARY BURMA

• WHO KILLED AUNG SAN?

• BURMESE ADMINISTRATIVE CYCLES: ANARCHY AND CONQUEST, C. 1580-1760

• BURMA IN REVOLT

• AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND BURMA'S UNFINISHED RENAISSANCE

• FROM SANGHA TO LAITY

• FORGOTTEN LAND: A REDISCOVERY OF BURMA

• THE PENTAGONAL MONUMENTS OF PAGAN

• SANSKRIT BUDDHISM IN BURMA

• THE INTIATION OF NOVICEHOOD AND THE ORDINATION OF MONKHOOD IN THE BURMESE BUDDHIST CULTURE

• BURMA: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity

• RETURN VIA RANGOON: A young Chindit survives the jungle and Japanese captivity

• BURMA NATIONALISM AND IDEOLOGY - ANALYSIS OF SOCIETY CULTURE AND POLITICS

• THE STATE OF BURMA

• BURMESE TIMBER ELEPHANT

• A JOURNALIST, A GENERAL AND AN ARMY IN BURMA

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