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! Topic !! Time period !! Resource !! Locations Covered
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|Politics, Military Records, History||||Bell, Henry Glassford. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3464941 ''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)
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|History||||John W. Henderson. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/144429?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Area handbook for Burma'']. Washington, D.C.: United States. Government Printing Office, 1971||Myanmar (Burma)
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|History||||Thomas Duval Roberts. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/149891?availability=HSB%20(Headquarters%20Storage%20Building) ''Area handbook for Burma'']. Washington, D.C.: United States. Government Printing Office, 1968||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Social life and customs||1939-1945||Phaṇīndranātha Sānyāla. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/8800?availability=HSB%20(Headquarters%20Storage%20Building) ''Brahmaprabāsī Sānyāla paribārera gharoẏā kathā o Bhārate pratyābarttana kāhinī'']. [New Delhi, India]: Sānyāla 1982||Myanmar (Burma)
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|History, Politics||||Joseph Dautremer ; translated and with an introduction by George Scott. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3500626 ''Burma under British rule'']. London, England: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916 ||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Social life and customs||||Mi Mi Khaing, Daw. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/139884?availability=HSB%20(Headquarters%20Storage%20Building) ''Burmese family'']. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1962 ||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Religion||||G. K. Lama. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1734956?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Cultural heritage of South-East Asia'']. Varanasi, India: Kala Parakashan, 2009||Myanmar (Burma), Southest Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, ||Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia
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|Social life and customs||||Melford E. Spiro. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/143523?availability=HSB%20(Headquarters%20Storage%20Building) ''Kinship and marriage in Burma: a cultural and psychodynamic analysis'']. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1977||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Politics, economics||1988 and after||David I. Steinberg. [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=CSTuWZ0BMmMC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=Myanmar+(Burma)+Social+life+and+customs&ots=F6GmqSVr9H&sig=hb3mevO5iylmja139g_ObJWVCvI#v=onepage&q=Myanmar%20(Burma)%20Social%20life%20and%20customs&f=false ''Burma: The State of Myanmar'']. George Town University Press, 2001||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Politics, festivals, religion||21st Century||Monique Skidmore. [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=O3KwXCBdE_kC&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=Myanmar+(Burma)+Social+life+and+customs&ots=IT8KUqMqSJ&sig=dBx7gtd7nUNfepGZkSma1C8coOo#v=onepage&q=Myanmar%20(Burma)%20Social%20life%20and%20customs&f=false ''Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century'']. University of Hawaii Press, 2005||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Social life and customs||Modern||David Steinberg. [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qGZaDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Myanmar+(Burma)+Social+life+and+customs&ots=7KQsjZ8RK9&sig=CDPNNBdAV158PA_8C0CdB7E4Gck#v=onepage&q=Myanmar%20(Burma)%20Social%20life%20and%20customs&f=false ''Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know'']. Oxford University Press, 2013||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Muslims||Modern||Moshe Yegar. [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=S5q7qxi5LBgC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Myanmar+(Burma)+Social+life+and+customs&ots=tq_GvTIf1t&sig=I1fjQzc2jktr14F9MwDqJdf3uhs#v=onepage&q=Myanmar%20(Burma)%20Social%20life%20and%20customs&f=false ''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
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|Religion, politics, economy||||Donald M. Seekins. [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Nmc2DgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Myanmar+(Burma)+Social+life+and+customs&ots=2WDEf45CZX&sig=WrjTtPJFv13NBn5o5ssgWjNKKew#v=onepage&q=Myanmar%20(Burma)%20Social%20life%20and%20customs&f=false ''Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)'']. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, inc., 2017||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Travel, Manners||Modern||Kyi Kyi May. [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=175pBAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT10&dq=Myanmar+(Burma)+Social+life+and+customs&ots=dp6aBdxxy0&sig=fl1T2bsg5dcaQIRwMVO_1w5L3sI#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Myanmar - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture'']. Kuperard, 2015||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Social life and customs||Modern||Edited by John Ure. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xwgsn?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Myanmar+%28Burma%29&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DMyanmar%2B%2528Burma%2529%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26group%3Dnone&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-5187_SYC-5188%2F5187&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ae31ba7f5e52c049cec280cbff45dc712 ''Myanmar (Burma) (pp. 351-364), From: Telecommunications Development in Asia''].
Hong Kong University Press (2008); Hong Kong University Press, 2008||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Social life and customs||Modern||Maitrii Aung-Thwin. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20071883?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Myanmar%20(Burma)&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DMyanmar%2B%2528Burma%2529%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26group%3Dnone%26pagemark%3DeyJwYWdlIjoyLCJzdGFydHMiOnsiSlNUT1JCYXNpYyI6MjV9fQ%253D%253D&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-5187_SYC-5188%2F5187&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ad8eee3896a8a6f4fe97c351a5c73cb8f&seq=1 ''Introduction: Communities of Interpretation and the Construction of Modern Myanmar, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
Vol. 39, No. 2, Communities of Interpretation and the Construction of Modern Myanmar (Jun., 2008), pp. 187-192 (6 pages)'']. Cambridge University Press, 2008||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Manners||||James George Scott. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/burman-his-life-and-notions/oclc/2630125&referer=brief_results ''The Burman: his life and notions'']. New York, N.Y.: Norton, 1963||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Marriage||||Melford E Spiro. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/kinship-and-marriage-in-burma-a-cultural-and-psychodynamic-analysis/oclc/3545216&referer=brief_results ''Kinship and marriage in Burma: a cultural and psychodynamic analysis'']. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Guidebooks, Etiquette||Modern||Kyi Kyi May; Nicholas Nugent. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/myanmar-burma/oclc/904330247&referer=brief_results ''Myanmar (Burma)'']. London: Kuperard, 2015||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Cooking, Manners||Modern||Susan Chan. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/flavors-of-burma-myanmar-cuisine-and-culture-from-the-land-of-golden-pagodas/oclc/51553436&referer=brief_results ''Flavors of Burma (Myanmar): cuisine and culture from the land of golden pagodas'']. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2003||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Guidebooks, Travel||Modern||World Trade Press. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/myanmar/oclc/1200921935&referer=brief_results ''Myanmar'']. Petaluma, Calif.: World Trade Press, 2010||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Guidebooks, Travel||Modern||DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/eyewitness-travel-myanmar-burma/oclc/966531228&referer=brief_results ''Eyewitness travel: Myanmar (Burma)'']. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 2014 ||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Travel||Modern||Saw Myat Yin. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/cultureshock-myanmar-a-survival-guide-to-customs-and-etiquette/oclc/947522425&referer=brief_results ''CultureShock! Myanmar: a survival guide to customs and etiquette'']. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2016||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Social life and customs, Etiquette||Modern||Ki Ki May. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/myanmar-burma-the-essential-guide-to-customs-culture/oclc/1061815534&referer=brief_results ''Myanmar (Burma): the essential guide to customs & culture'']. London: Kuperard, 2015 ||Myanmar (Burma)
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|Travel, Manners||Modern||Gladson I Nwanna. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/dos-and-donts-around-the-world-a-country-guide-to-cultural-and-social-taboos-and-etiquette-asia/oclc/36900805&referer=brief_results ''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
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|Soul of a people||1920||H Fielding. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/soul-of-a-people/oclc/256743738&referer=brief_results ''The soul of a people'']. [Whitefish, MT]: Kessinger Publishing, 2007||Burma
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|Life and travel||||V C Scott O'Connor; Harcourt Butler. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/silken-east-a-record-of-life-travel-in-burma/oclc/906629663&referer=brief_results ''The silken East: a record of life & travel in Burma'']. Gartmore: Kiscadale, 1993 ||Burma
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|Village life in contempory Burma||||Manning Nash. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/golden-road-to-modernity-village-life-in-contemporary-burma/oclc/3753970&referer=brief_results ''The golden road to modernity; village life in contemporary Burma'']. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1965||Burma
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|Living traditions||||Aglaja Stirn; Peter van Ham. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/hidden-world-of-the-naga-living-traditions-in-northeast-india-and-burma/oclc/492998586&referer=brief_results ''The hidden world of the Naga: living traditions in Northeast India and Burma'']. Munich; London: Prestel, 2003||Burma
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|Customs and traditions||||O Hanson. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/kachins-their-customs-and-traditions/oclc/840509692&referer=brief_results ''The Kachins: their customs and traditions'']. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012||Burma
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|Naga culture, society||||Jamie Saul; Dominique Viallard. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/naga-of-burma-their-festivals-customs-and-way-of-life/oclc/473701350&referer=brief_results ''The Naga of Burma: their festivals, customs and way of life'']. Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2005||Burma
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|Life and character||||E D Cuming. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/in-the-shadow-of-the-pagoda-sketches-of-burmese-life-and-character/oclc/7228632&referer=brief_results ''In the shadow of the pagoda: sketches of Burmese life and character'']. London : W.H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1897||Burma
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|Social structure, beliefs, customs||||L F Taylor. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/ethnographical-survey-of-burma-questions-on-the-social-structure-beliefs-customs-and-economic-life-of-the-indigenous-races-of-burma/oclc/29295090&referer=brief_results ''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
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|Law and custom in family||||Maung Maung. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/law-and-custom-in-burma-and-the-burmese-family/oclc/851368463&referer=brief_results ''Law and Custom in Burma and the Burmese Family'']. Springer Science, 1963||Burma
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|Native manners and customs||||Charles James Forbes Smith-Forbes. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/british-burma-and-its-people-being-sketches-of-native-manners-customs-and-religion/oclc/1041597761 ''British Burma and Its People'']. London, John Murray, 1878||Burma
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|Customs and Christian Conversion||||CORNELIA ANN KAMMERER [https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/ae.1990.17.2.02a00050 ''Customs and Christian conversion among Akha highlanders of Burma and Thailand'']. American Ethnologist, 1990||Burma
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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. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20071883?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Myanmar%20(Burma)&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DMyanmar%2B%2528Burma%2529%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26group%3Dnone%26pagemark%3DeyJwYWdlIjoyLCJzdGFydHMiOnsiSlNUT1JCYXNpYyI6MjV9fQ%253D%253D&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-5187_SYC-5188%2F5187&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ad8eee3896a8a6f4fe97c351a5c73cb8f&seq=1 Introduction: Communities of Interpretation and the Construction of Modern Myanmar, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

Vol. 39, No. 2, Communities of Interpretation and the Construction of Modern Myanmar (Jun., 2008), pp. 187-192 (6 pages)]. 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