Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures viii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Note on terminology xii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Partition and the rise of Burmese ethnonationalism (1929–1936) 22
9. 2 The Myochit Party and the construction of a racial regime (1936–1938) 46
10. 3 The pogrom of 1938 and its aftermath (1938–1939) 73
11. 4 U Pu’s Ministry 91
12. 5 The “Galon government” 114
13. 6 The Long March, the Arakanese Civil War, and Burmese politics under Japanese occupation (1942–1945) 142
14. 7 A “contained” decolonisation (1945–1948) 168
15. Conclusion 202
16. Bibliography 210
17. Index 229