Mapping Cultural Nationalism: The Scholars of the Burma Research Society, 1910–1935 Thai literature Edited by Helle Rydstrøm

Edited by Helle Rydstrøm

and the changing interplay between business capital and political power

the sustainability of tropical forest use and the neo-romantic environmentalist myth of so-called wise traditional peoples

and often derogatory immediacy

Mapping Cultural Nationalism: The Scholars of the Burma Research Society, 1910–1935 Thai literature Edited by Helle RydstrømBy Carol Ann Boshier Illustrated, 1 map, 21 figures, 4 tables Despite the proscription of public political debates under colonial rule in Burma, boundary crossing ventures like the Burma Research Society (founded in 1910) allowed those from different racial and cultural backgrounds to engage in debates about national belonging and identity. At the same time their scholarship generated new historical and cultural knowledge. Such social and intellectual