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Minority Peoples in the Union of Burma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

George A. Theodorson
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The presence of large, often dissident, minority populations has been one of the most serious problems facing many of the nations which have attained independence since the close of World War II. This paper will examine the minority situation in Burma, where the problem has been of serious proportions, posing a threat to national unity and in some cases resulting in armed insurrection. There are at present an estimated 11,000 insurgents in Burma, most of whom represent ethnic minorities.

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Research Article
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Journal of Southeast Asian History , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 1964 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1964

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* Expanded version of a paper presented at the First International Conference of Southeast Asian Historians, Singapore, January 1961.

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