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Four Years in Upper Burma

Four Years in Upper Burma

by W. R. Winston

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Author
Winston, W. R.
Title
Four years in Upper Burma
Original Publication
London: C. H. Kelly, 1892.
Credits
Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject
Burma, Upper -- Description and travel
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73184
Release Date
March 17, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FOUR YEARS IN UPPER BURMA.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.FOUR YEARS IN UPPER BURMA. — CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE JOURNEY TO MANDALAY.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. MANDALAY IN 1887.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE PEOPLE OF MANDALAY.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE PACIFICATION OF UPPER BURMA.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. BRITISH INFLUENCE IN THE SHAN STATES.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. FIVE YEARS OF BRITISH RULE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. INTOXICANTS IN BURMA—THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. INTOXICANTS IN BURMA—THE OPIUM QUESTION.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE FRONTIER MOUNTAIN RACES OF BURMA.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. BUDDHISM IN BURMA.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. BURMESE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND USAGES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE BURMANS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. BURMESE HOME LIFE.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. A TRUE IDEAL MISSIONARY AND A FALSE MISSIONARY IDEAL.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. OUR EARLY EXPERIENCES IN THE BURMA MISSION.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. SEEKING THE LOST.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. A JUNGLE JOURNEY.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. THE HOME FOR LEPERS AT MANDALAY.
  25. 25.FOOTNOTES
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