Recalling Local Pasts: Autonomous History in Southeast Asia Herbal compress theraphy Vivid account of Than Shwe’s

Vivid account of Than Shwe’s rise through the ranks of the military

particularly Thailand’s

Tracing Burma-Japan relations since 1940

and obligation as its backbone

from her research in a windowless storage room mixing and combining toxic raw materials in grueling solitary toil

Recalling Local Pasts: Autonomous History in Southeast Asia Herbal compress theraphy Vivid account of Than Shwe’sEdited by Sunait Chutintaranond and Chris Baker The history of Southeast Asia, especially mainland Southeast Asia, has been written as a history of kings and states. The modern states of Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam thread their way back into the past, and the emergence of these states, the importance of their capitals, and the power of their dynasties have been the dominant themes of the history of the region. Recalling