On The Shadow Tracks: A Journey Through Occupied Myanmar Clare Hammond Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ On The Shadow Tracks Harnesses Railway Lines Of Myanmar’s Complicated Past To Its Turbulent Present And Result Is Part Travelogue History Completely Absorbing An Astonishing Achievement’joanna Lumleyin 2016 While Working As A Journalist In Yangon Clare Hammond Discovered Obscure Map That Showed Web New Railways Spanning Length Breadth Country - Not Shown Any Other Publicly Available Maps She Was Determined Uncover Railways\ Origins Purpose Most All Silence Surrounded Them Would Spend Three Months Travelling These Mysterious Next Five Years Piecing Their Story Together Her Journey Take From Myanmar\ S Tropical South Embattled Mountain Towns Border India China Dilapidated Carriages Along Disrepair Through Contested Ethnic States Former Sites Forced Labour Visiting Temples Tea Shops Festivals Encountered Colourful Contradictory Myanmar Stories People Simultaneously Lush Evocative Unsparing Account Recent Conversation-Shifting Engagement With Britain\ Colonial Legacy Rare Necessary Thing: Book Finds Tells Truth Σελίδες: 400 Διαστάσεις: 14 5X14 5Cm