CONTENTS Note on Pronunciation 6, I The Pre-Pagan Period 7 II The Pagan Period (1044-1287) 14 in The Shan Penetration 28 iv The Mon Hegemony 34 v The Rise of the Toungoo Dynasty 38 vi The Coming of the European 49 vn Arakan, the Feringhi and the Dutch 57 vin The later Toungoo Dynasty (1600-1752) 63 ix The Mon Revolt 75 x Alaungpaya 78 xi Burma under the Early Konbaungset Kings (1760-1795) 87 xii Britain and Burma (1795-1826) 97 xni The First Residency and the Annexa- tion of Pegu (1826-1855) 106 xiv The Second Residency and the Annexa- tion of Upper Burma 118 ~ xv Burmese Organization under the Bangs 131 xvi The Planting of British Administration 138 xvn Bureaucracy, Dyarchy and Separation from India 147 xvin Economic and Social Evolution 155 xix The Japanese Conquest and its Aftermath 167 xx The Union of Burma 177 Select Bibliography 190 Index 195