London.: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.. Second edition.. 1968.. With The Tragedy of Negrais as a new appendix, viii + 357pp, index, bibliography, appendices, hardback covered with wrapped plastic, spine lightly sunned and bumped, still a very good copy "First published in 1928, the book constitutes the first attempt yet made to trace the story of English intercourse with Burma from its origins in the 16th century to the middle of the 18th, framed by the period from the opening to the final years of the Syriam factory. Daniel G.E. Hall sought to fill a gap in the literature for students of British enterprise in the East, drawing out the progress of Burma from a commercially unviable backwater to arguably the richest province in resources of the British empire in India." (Publisher's description.) .

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Bookseller: Asia Bookroom (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 180421
Title: Early English Intercourse with Burma 1587 - 1743.
Author: HALL, D.G.E
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Second edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
Place of Publication: London.
Date Published: 1968.
Keywords: Burma, Burmese, Burmese Language, Colonialism, England, English, History, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay

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