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Topic	Time period	Resource	Locations Covered
Politics, Military Records, History		Bell, Henry Glassford. An account of the Burman Empire, compiled from the works of Colonel Symes, Major Canning, Captain Cox, Dr. Leyden, Dr. Buchanan, &c. &c. &c: a description of different tribes inhabiting in and around that dominion and a narrative of the late military and political operations in the Burmese Empire, with some account of the present condition of the country, its manners, customs and inhabitants. Calcutta, India: Printed for the publisher by D'Rozario and Co., 1852	Myanmar (Burma)
History		John W. Henderson. Area handbook for Burma. Washington, D.C.: United States. Government Printing Office, 1971	Myanmar (Burma)
History		Thomas Duval Roberts. Area handbook for Burma. Washington, D.C.: United States. Government Printing Office, 1968	Myanmar (Burma)
Social life and customs	1939-1945	Phaṇīndranātha Sānyāla. Brahmaprabāsī Sānyāla paribārera gharoẏā kathā o Bhārate pratyābarttana kāhinī. [New Delhi, India]: Sānyāla 1982	Myanmar (Burma)
History, Politics		Joseph Dautremer ; translated and with an introduction by George Scott. Burma under British rule. London, England: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916	Myanmar (Burma)
Social life and customs		Mi Mi Khaing, Daw. Burmese family. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1962	Myanmar (Burma)
Religion		G. K. Lama. Cultural heritage of South-East Asia. Varanasi, India: Kala Parakashan, 2009	Myanmar (Burma), Southest Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia
Social life and customs		Melford E. Spiro. Kinship and marriage in Burma: a cultural and psychodynamic analysis. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1977	Myanmar (Burma)
Politics, economics	1988 and after	David I. Steinberg. Burma: The State of Myanmar. George Town University Press, 2001	Myanmar (Burma)
Politics, festivals, religion	21st Century	Monique Skidmore. Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century. University of Hawaii Press, 2005	Myanmar (Burma)
Social life and customs	Modern	David Steinberg. Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press, 2013	Myanmar (Burma)
Muslims	Modern	Moshe Yegar. Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, and Western Burma/Myanmar. Lexington Books, 2002	Western Myanmar (Burma), Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand
Religion, politics, economy		Donald M. Seekins. Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, inc., 2017	Myanmar (Burma)
Travel, Manners	Modern	Kyi Kyi May. Myanmar - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture. Kuperard, 2015	Myanmar (Burma)
Social life and customs	Modern	Edited by John Ure. Myanmar (Burma) (pp. 351-364), From: Telecommunications Development in Asia. Hong Kong University Press (2008); Hong Kong University Press, 2008	Myanmar (Burma)
Social life and customs	Modern	Maitrii Aung-Thwin. Introduction: Communities of Interpretation and the Construction of Modern Myanmar, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. Cambridge University Press, 2008	Myanmar (Burma)
Manners		James George Scott. The Burman: his life and notions. New York, N.Y.: Norton, 1963	Myanmar (Burma)
Marriage		Melford E Spiro. Kinship and marriage in Burma: a cultural and psychodynamic analysis. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977	Myanmar (Burma)
Guidebooks, Etiquette	Modern	Kyi Kyi May; Nicholas Nugent. Myanmar (Burma). London: Kuperard, 2015	Myanmar (Burma)
Cooking, Manners	Modern	Susan Chan. Flavors of Burma (Myanmar): cuisine and culture from the land of golden pagodas. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2003	Myanmar (Burma)
Guidebooks, Travel	Modern	World Trade Press. Myanmar. Petaluma, Calif.: World Trade Press, 2010	Myanmar (Burma)
Guidebooks, Travel	Modern	DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). Eyewitness travel: Myanmar (Burma). DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 2014	Myanmar (Burma)
Travel	Modern	Saw Myat Yin. CultureShock! Myanmar: a survival guide to customs and etiquette. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2016	Myanmar (Burma)
Social life and customs, Etiquette	Modern	Ki Ki May. Myanmar (Burma): the essential guide to customs & culture. London: Kuperard, 2015	Myanmar (Burma)
Travel, Manners	Modern	Gladson I Nwanna. Do's and don'ts around the world: a country guide to cultural and social taboos and etiquette: Asia. Baltimore, Md.: World Travel Institute, 1998	Asia
Soul of a people	1920	H Fielding. The soul of a people. [Whitefish, MT]: Kessinger Publishing, 2007	Burma
Life and travel		V C Scott O'Connor; Harcourt Butler. The silken East: a record of life & travel in Burma. Gartmore: Kiscadale, 1993	Burma
Village life in contempory Burma		Manning Nash. The golden road to modernity; village life in contemporary Burma. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1965	Burma
Living traditions		Aglaja Stirn; Peter van Ham. The hidden world of the Naga: living traditions in Northeast India and Burma. Munich; London: Prestel, 2003	Burma
Customs and traditions		O Hanson. The Kachins: their customs and traditions. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012	Burma
Naga culture, society		Jamie Saul; Dominique Viallard. The Naga of Burma: their festivals, customs and way of life. Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005	Burma
Life and character		E D Cuming. In the shadow of the pagoda: sketches of Burmese life and character. London : W.H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1897	Burma
Social structure, beliefs, customs		L F Taylor. Ethnographical survey of Burma: questions on the social structure, beliefs, customs and economic life of the indigenous races of Burma. Rangoon: Central Press, 1966	Burma
Law and custom in family		Maung Maung. Law and Custom in Burma and the Burmese Family. Springer Science, 1963	Burma
Native manners and customs		Charles James Forbes Smith-Forbes. British Burma and Its People. London, John Murray, 1878	Burma
Customs and Christian Conversion		CORNELIA ANN KAMMERER Customs and Christian conversion among Akha highlanders of Burma and Thailand. American Ethnologist, 1990	Burma