All Outputs (9)

Contesting Visions: Negotiating a Post-Colonial Future and Political Ideologues in Post-WWII Burma, 1945-1948 (2024)
Thesis
Sangsuradej, P. Contesting Visions: Negotiating a Post-Colonial Future and Political Ideologues in Post-WWII Burma, 1945-1948. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Burma's path to independence during the post-World War II period was a tangled web of differing political ideals and intense negotiations. This thesis delves into 1945-1948, spotlighting the myriad of ideologies that influenced Burma's trajectory, ch... Read More about Contesting Visions: Negotiating a Post-Colonial Future and Political Ideologues in Post-WWII Burma, 1945-1948.

The Dynamics Of Cultural Symbolism As A Component Of Thai State Expansion In Three Frontiers Of Siam, C.1873-1910 (2023)
Thesis
Amornpradubkul, N. The Dynamics Of Cultural Symbolism As A Component Of Thai State Expansion In Three Frontiers Of Siam, C.1873-1910. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The interactions of the modern Thai state, its notions of national identity and unity, with its frontiers are often treated as peripheral subjects in historical studies of late 19th century Siam and its state development. This thesis, however, examin... Read More about The Dynamics Of Cultural Symbolism As A Component Of Thai State Expansion In Three Frontiers Of Siam, C.1873-1910.

Iranian Identity and Imperial State Formation ca. 1720–1750 (2023)
Thesis
Parsa, M. A. H. Iranian Identity and Imperial State Formation ca. 1720–1750. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The study argues that in the eighteenth century, for the first time since the fall of the Sāsānids in late antiquity, the ideology of the imperial state in Iran came to be dominated by discourses on Iranian identity. A collective Iranian identity eme... Read More about Iranian Identity and Imperial State Formation ca. 1720–1750.

War and Postal Communication in Republican China (2023)
Thesis
Chen, L.-C. War and Postal Communication in Republican China. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores why and how the postal service continued to service the public in unfortunate conditions when China was involved in conflicts and wars in the Republican era. It discusses the national and international transformation and maintena... Read More about War and Postal Communication in Republican China.

A Positive Peace: Britain and the Creation of the United Nations (2023)
Thesis
Vickery, N. J. A Positive Peace: Britain and the Creation of the United Nations. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

thesis is an archival history using evidence from British wartime planning and policy pursued in the early years (1945-47) of the UN to understand elite UK policymaker expectations of the role of the UN. It challenges the understanding of British pol... Read More about A Positive Peace: Britain and the Creation of the United Nations.

Constructing the Burma-Thailand Railway: The War Crimes Trials and the Shaping of an Episode of WWII (2022)
Thesis
Hashimoto, K. Constructing the Burma-Thailand Railway: The War Crimes Trials and the Shaping of an Episode of WWII. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The history of the Burma-Thailand Railway has been constructed on the basis of ex-POWs' perceptions. Numerous memoirs and literature have been published by ex-POWs and shaped popular history. Nevertheless, officer POWs' account has been most influent... Read More about Constructing the Burma-Thailand Railway: The War Crimes Trials and the Shaping of an Episode of WWII.

The Burmese Military and the Press in U Nu's Burma (2019)
Thesis
Bo Bo, M. The Burmese Military and the Press in U Nu's Burma. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Most scholarship on Burmese military studies only discusses the history of the Burma Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) in institutional terms. Its rise to power is usually assumed to be its own handiwork, as an isolated organization, this effort not correlatin... Read More about The Burmese Military and the Press in U Nu's Burma.

The role and consequences of the part played by the civilian authorities in the fall of Singapore, February 1942 (2014)
Thesis
McCrum, R. The role and consequences of the part played by the civilian authorities in the fall of Singapore, February 1942. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

The making of the Zo: the Chin of Burma and the Lushai and Kuki of India through colonial and local narratives 1826–1917 and 1947–1988 (2013)
Thesis
Son Suantak, B. The making of the Zo: the Chin of Burma and the Lushai and Kuki of India through colonial and local narratives 1826–1917 and 1947–1988. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London