The history of Burma and the Tai states on its frontiers (c. 1350-1600) and connections to Ming Dynasty Yunnan to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south.
The use of historiography and technology to investigate this time period and region are also covered.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Radical revisionisms And the radically critical appraisals they should engender
Observations by historians of China on how to tread carefully with radically revisionist history.