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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 42 (1): 226–227.
Published: 01 November 1982
... of nationalist intellectuals in the early 1930s, many calling themselves Thakins (masters) as the British once wished to be called. Like meditation-oriented monks (approved by the author) who abhor politics, the new youthful nationalists are portrayed as seeking freedom from the older Anglophile politicians...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 42 (1): 227–229.
Published: 01 November 1982
..., Inc. 1982 1982 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTHEAST ASIA 227 The turning point in the struggle came with the student strike at Rangoon University in 1936, which forged the leadership qualities of such men as U Nu and Aung San, as well as a host of other Thakins who appear momentarily throughout the rest...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1956) 16 (1): 89–102.
Published: 01 November 1956
... of the Socialist leaders Aung San, Thakin Mya, and others, Thakin Nu completed the negotiations with Attlee. In October, the Nu-Attlee treaty was signed to provide for the transfer of sovereignty to Burma on Jan. 4, 1948 (Cmd. 7240, London, Oct. 17, 1947). 6
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1947) 6 (2): 113–121.
Published: 01 February 1947
... schools," at first independently organized and supported, but by the 1930's most of these schools had succumbed to the grant-in-aid system of education. In November 1920 the youthful Thakin group founded Burma National Day on which the youth of Burma were to celebrate Burmese freedom and indicate...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 469–470.
Published: 01 February 1986
... the independence movement led by Aung San and Thakin Than Tun, and later because of spinal tuberculosis, which forced him to lie in a body cast during the last year of the war. It is ironic that his influence was probably greatest during that twelve-month confinement dozens of Burmese, Indian, British, and Chinese...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1957) 16 (5): 823–828.
Published: 01 September 1957
... rasprostrannoiiu politiche- no. 14 (1956), 27-34. skeskikh i nauchnych znanii. Seriia 1, . Thakin Than Tun: profile. Guardian no. 10) 3 (Oct. 1956), 33-36. VASIL'EV, V. F. Rabochii klass i osvobodi- . U Ba Swe: a profile. Guardian 3 (Mar. tel'noe dvizhenie v Birme do vtoroi 1956), 27-31. mirovoi voiny. Akademiia...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1958) 18 (1): 150–151.
Published: 01 November 1958
... of popular feeling during this haps prim passage, one is liable to bump into period (the Saya San revolt, and the anti-Indian a jarring piece of slang, as on p. 447, when we and anti-Muslim riots of 1931 and 1938) were suddenly learn that "The Thakin group was apolitical. Once again, the author searches...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1972) 31 (3): 723–724.
Published: 01 May 1972
... of a few documents particularly the Japanese documents or to explain why no relevant to his collection. Among them would Japanese documents issued in Rangoon after be the first three orders of Thakin Tun Oke's August i, 1943 appear in the collection. Briefly, government, Bo Mogyo's order pacifying...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1972) 31 (3): 722–723.
Published: 01 May 1972
... the Japanese documents or to explain why no relevant to his collection. Among them would Japanese documents issued in Rangoon after be the first three orders of Thakin Tun Oke's August i, 1943 appear in the collection. Briefly, government, Bo Mogyo's order pacifying the the story is that Professor Ota's work...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (1): 311–312.
Published: 01 February 2011
..., they will notice that the diary says little about the Burmese Independence Army, the Thakins , the “30 Comrades,” or his identity as a literary figure. These absences are in and of themselves revealing about the diary and the author. The diary is obviously not reflective of U Sein Tin the writer, but a specific...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1983) 42 (2): 456–457.
Published: 01 February 1983
... Asian neighbors. The two remaining essays, by contrast, are determinedly revisionist, and thus of particular interest. Robert Taylor has for some years now been busy demolishing political and academic myths about modern Burma. Here he shows that the younger Thakins, symbolized by Aung San, far from...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1991) 50 (3): 743–744.
Published: 01 August 1991
..., and the competition between civilian leaders, such as Thakin Soe, and their army counterparts for the ideological and policy control of the military. The author gives his view of the human dynamics of the nationalist movement: Aung San's fear of Ne Win's popularity and leadership as Commander in Chief early...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2008) 67 (4): 1277–1308.
Published: 01 November 2008
... in 1932. Tellingly, they titled themselves thakin (master) as a symbol of the idea that the Burmese people—not the British—were rightful masters of Burma and as an expression of their goal to transform Burma into a classless society of only masters. 7 These student activists, like Marxist...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1963) 22 (5): 159–163.
Published: 01 September 1963
..., no. 9, 10) BURMA (UNION). MINISTRY OF NATIONAL PLAN- NING. The Hon'ble Thakin Tin's speech delivered in Chamber of Deputies on Second Four-Year Plan, August 24, 1961. Rangoon, Superintendent, Govt. Print and Stationery, 1961. 20 p. . . The Hon'ble Thakin Tin's speech delivered in Parliament on Second...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 25 (1): 124–125.
Published: 01 November 1965
... than a year before the end of the war, and its Thakin organizers did not seek reconciliation with the British except as military allies against the Japanese; Aung San did not succeed Ba 124 BOOK REVIEWS 125 Maw as Premier in 1945; Governor DormanSmith is a forgotten man by Purcell; the PVO which...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1964) 23 (3): 486–487.
Published: 01 May 1964
... included importantly the Thakin group with whom he had worked closely since university days. The book abounds with these personalities, their doings, their role in party issues and conflicts, and their relations with U Nu and each other. These crowd the foreground to a degree which prevents the main...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1964) 23 (3): 485–486.
Published: 01 May 1964
... League) leadership, which included importantly the Thakin group with whom he had worked closely since university days. The book abounds with these personalities, their doings, their role in party issues and conflicts, and their relations with U Nu and each other. These crowd the foreground to a degree...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 24 (4): 701–702.
Published: 01 August 1965
... charged a gunman with the assignment of destroying Thakin Nu, U Nu's life was spared. He had at that time fortunately gone to the chamber of the Constituent Assembly rather than to the Executive Council. Unable to locate his victim, the gunman left with his specific mission unaccomplished. U Nu a person...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 24 (4): 700–701.
Published: 01 August 1965
... a gunman with the assignment of destroying Thakin Nu, U Nu's life was spared. He had at that time fortunately gone to the chamber of the Constituent Assembly rather than to the Executive Council. Unable to locate his victim, the gunman left with his specific mission unaccomplished. U Nu a person of peace...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 25 (3): 550–551.
Published: 01 May 1966
... to a combination of the twin "evils" of private ownership and human laziness. If these views actually do represent Burmese government thinking at this moment in history, Dr. Nash's book is indeed timely. Even though it may contain occasional lamentable factual errors (e.g., Thakin Than Tun's erroneous...
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