TYPICAL PHOTOGRAPHS Of BURMA; Burmese Life and Scenes
Rangoon: Rowe & Co. Ltd. [Printed by] Hood & Co. Ltd., Photo-Engravers and Printers, Sanbride Press, Middlesbrough, England, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca pre-WWI. 74 pp. Illustrated with over 75 b/w captioned half-tone photographic images, usually 1 per page. Landscape format: 8-3/4" x 11-1/4". Original publisher's printed brown paper covers, light orange cord tie. Modest wear & soiling, bit of age-toning, VG - VG+. Item #34451
Burma, now officially known as Myanmar, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, is a country in the northwest portion of Southeast Asia.
In the 19th C, Burmese rulers sought to maintain their traditional influence in the western areas of Assam, Manipur and Arakan. Pressing them, however, was the British East India Company, which was expanding its interests eastwards over the same territory. Over the next 60 years, diplomacy, raids, treaties and compromises, known collectively as the Anglo-Burmese Wars, continued until Britain proclaimed control over most of Burma. With the fall of Mandalay, all of Burma came under British rule, being annexed on 1 January 1886.
Throughout the colonial era, many Indians arrived as soldiers, civil servants, construction workers and traders and, along with the Anglo-Burmese community, dominated commercial and civil life in Burma. Rangoon became the capital of British Burma and an important port between Calcutta and Singapore. Burmese resentment was strong, and was vented in violent riots that periodically paralysed Rangoon until the 1930s. On 1 April 1937, Burma became a separately administered colony of Britain, and Ba Maw became the first Prime Minister and Premier of Burma.
This publication documents the nation during Britain's colonial rule.
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