History and ethnography of Southeast Asia:

Anderson, John (1871), A Report on the Expedition to Western Yunan and Bhamo, Office of the Superintendent of Gov't Printing, Calcutta.

B.-Maybon, Charles (1919) Histoire Moderne du Pay d'Annam (1592-1820), Paris.

Bell, E.N. (1907), A Monograph on Iron and Steel Work in Burma, Superintendent of Government Printing, Rangoon, Burma.

Berman, Merrick Lex (1998), Opening the Lancang (Mekong) River in Yunnan:  Problems and Prospects for Xishuangbanna , thesis submitted to the Graduate School of the Univ. of Mass. Amherst, Dept. of Asian Languages and Literatures.

Borri, Cristoforo (1633), Cochin-China, published by Robert Ashley, London.

Braginski, V. I. (ed.), Classic Civilizations of South-East Asia: Key Papers from SOAS.

"Burmese Invasions of Siam (translated)," J. Siam Soc., Selected Articles, vol. 5, part 1, Bangkok, 1959.

Coedes, G. (1986), The Indianized States of Southeast Asia, Univ. Hawaii Press, Honolulu (English ed.) (ISBN 0-8248-0368-X).

Colquhoun, Archibald Ross (1883), Across Chryse', Field & Tuer, London, reprinted by Cheng Wen Publishing Co., 1972 (ASIN B0007AFR56, ASIN B00085N4BE).

Colquhoun, Archibald Ross (1885), Amongst the Shan, reprinted by Paragon Books, 1970 (also published as Ethnic History of the Shans).

Conti, Nicolo de (1579), Travels, excerpted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 2(2):110-117 (Autumn 2004).

Diran, Richard K. (1997), The Vanishing Tribes of Burma, Amphoto.

Duroiselle (1931), Guide to the Mandalay Palace

Federici, Cesar, Account of Pegu (Thomas Hickock, trans.), excerpted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 2(2):131-159 (Autumn 2004).

Fernquist, Jon, "The Flight of Lao War Captives from Burma Back to Laos in 1596:  A Comparison of Historical Sources," SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 3(1):41-68 (Spring 2005).

Ferrars, Max & Bertha Ferrars (1900), Burma, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., London.

Fitch, Ralph (1599), Voyage By Way of Tripolis Into The East Indies, excerpted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 2(2):167-179 (Autumn 2004).

Fraser-Lu, Sylvia (1994), Burmese Crafts, Past and Present, Oxford Univ. Press, New York (ISBN 0-19-588608-9).

Fytche, Albert (1878), Burma, Past and Present (two volumes), C. Kegan Paul & Co., London.

Garnier, Francis (1868-71, 1885), Travels in Cambodia and Parts of Laos; The Mekong Exploration Commission Report (1866-1868), Vol. 1, reprinted White Lotus,1994.

Garnier, Francis (1868-71, 1885), Further Travels in Laos and Yunnan; The Mekong Exploration Commission Report (1866-1868), Vol. 2, reprinted White Lotus,1994.

Garnier, Francis (1868-71, 1885), A Pictorial Journey on the Old Mekong.  Cambodia, Laos and Yunnan; The Mekong Exploration Commission Report (1866-1868), Vol. 3, reprinted White Lotus,1994.

Glover, Ian, et al. (eds.) (1992), Early Metallurgy, Trade and Urban Centres in Thailand and Southeast Asia, 13 Archeological Essays, White Lotus, Bangkok.

Green, Alexandra and T. Richard Blurton (eds.) (2002), Burma, Art and Archeology, British Museum Press (ISBN 0-7141-2406-0).

Hall, D.G.E. (1955), Michael Symes, Journal of His Second Embassy to the Court of Ava in 1802, White Lotus, London.

Hall, D.G.E. (1981), A History of Southeast Asia, 4th ed., McMillan.

Hank, Lucien, Constance M. Wilson, "The Burma - Thailand Frontier Over Sixteen Decades:  Three Descriptive Documents," Monographs in International Studies; Southeast Asia Series, No. 70).

Hanson, O. (1913), The Kachins, Their Customs and Traditions, American Baptist Mission Press, Rangoon.

Higham, Charles (1989), The Archeology of Mainland Southeast Asia, Cambridge.

Hunter, William (1785), A Concise Account of the Kingdom of Pegu, reprinted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 3(1):169-193 (Spring 2005).

Khoo, Joo E., The Straights Chinese: A Cultural History.

Leach, Edmund R. (1954), Politcal Systems of Highland Burma, a Study of Kachin Social Structure, Cambridge (ASIN B000IA1QB4).

Loubere, de la (1693), A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam, (A.P. Gen. R.S.S.,trans.), London, 1693.

Luce, G.H. (1969-1970), Old Burma - Early Pagan.

MacKenzie, Kenneth R.H. (1853), Burmah and the Burmese, George Routledge & Co., London.

MacNeill, Douglas (1883), Report and Gazetteer of Burma.

Marini, G.H. de (1663), A New and Interesting Description of the Lao Kingdom, reprinted White Lotus, 1998 (Walter E.J. Tips and Claudio Bertucci, trans.) (ISBN 974-8434-13-3).

Milne, Leslie (1910), Shans at Home, Burma's Shan States in the early 1900's, John Murray, London (republished by White Lotus Co., 2001) (ISBN 974-7534-26-6).

Moore, Elizabeth, "Bronze and Iron Age Sites in Upper Myanmar:  Chindwin, Samon and Pyu," SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 1(1):24-39 (Spring 2003).

Pemberton, R. B. (1873), Abstract of the Journal of Capt. Hannay from Ava to Assam in 1835-36, reprinted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 3(1):197-227 (Spring 2005).

Phayre, Arthur P. (1883), History of Burma from the Earliest Times to the End of the First War with British India, Taylor & Francis Books (reprinted New York, 1969) (ISBN 0-415-24550-8).

Pluvier, Jan M. (1995), Historical Atlas of South-East Asia, Brill Academic Publishers.

Polo, Marco, The Travels of Marco Polo (W. Marsden, trans., revised and edited by Manuel Komroff), Liverright Publishing Corp., New York (1953) (ISBN 0-87140-184-3)

Rajanubhab, Prince Damrong, et al. (Jan. 2001), The Chronicle of Our Wars With the Burmese, Hostilities Between Siamese and Burmese When Ayutthaya Was the Capital of Siam.

Ryley, J.Horton (1899), Ralph Fitch, England's Pioneer to India, T. Fisher Unwin, London.

Sangermano, V. (1818), A Description of the Burmese Empire, trans. W. Tandy, Rome (reprinted London, 1966).

Smith, R.B. and W. Watson (eds.) (1979), Early South East Asia:  Essays in Archeology, History and Historical Geography, London.

Smyth, H. Warrington (1895), Notes of a Journey on the Upper Mekong Siam, John Murray for the Royal Geographic Society, London.

Snodgrass, J.J. (1827), Narrative of the Burmese War, John Murray, London.

Symes, Michael (1800), An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, W. Bulmer & Co., London, reprinted by Gregg Int'l Publishers, Westmead, England (1969) (SBN - GB 576.79205.5).

Tarling, Nicholas (ed.) (1992, 1999), The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-77864-6).

Than Tun (trans.) (1983, 1984), The Royal Orders of Burma, A.D. 1598 - 1885, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto.

Varthema, Ludovico di, The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502-1508 (John Winter Jones, trans.), excerpted in SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, 2(2):119-129 (Autumn 2004).

Martial Arts:

Bates, Christopher, "Notes on the Burmese Dha," Hoplos, 4(2), June 1984

Martin, Michael, "Burmese Hanthawaddy System Middle Style Bando," Hoplos, 6(1&2), Winter 1988

Thein, U Pye, Burmese Fencing.

Southeast Asian art and art history:

Bautze-Picron, Claudine (2003), The Buddhist Murals of Pagan, Orchid Press, Bangkok (ISBN 0-8348-0533-2; 974-524-025-7).

Fraser-Lu, Sylvia, Burmese Crafts, Past and Present, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1994 (ISBN 0-19-588608-9).

Girard-Geslan, Maud (ed.) (1998), Art of Southeast Asia, Harry N. Abrams.

Gutman, Pamela, Zam Min Yu (2001), Burma's Lost Kingdoms: Splendors of Arakan, Orchid Press, Bangkok (ISBN 0-83480486-7).

Mural Paintings of Thailand Series, Darnsutha Press Co., Ltd., 2001 (ISBN 974-7381-69-9).

Munsterberg, Hugo (1970), Art of India and South East Asia, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York (ISBN 8109-8013-4).

Punjabhan, Naengnoi (1991), Silverwhare in Thailand, Rerngrom Publishing, Inc., Bangkok, 2534 B.E. (ISBN 974-88695-6-3).

Rawson, Philip (1967),  The Art of Southeast Asia, Thames & Hudson, London, (New York, 1990) (ISBN 0-500-20060-2).

Roveda, Vittorio, Sacred Angkor, The Carved Reliefs of Angkor Wat, Weatherhill, Inc., Trumbull, CT (ISBN 0-8348-0524-3).

Warren, William, and Luca Tettoni (1994), Arts and Crafts of Thailand, Thames and Hudson, London (ISBN 0-500-27801-6).

Swords, specifically:

Boyd, Francis (2000), "Blades of Bangkok," Blade Magazine, March, 2000, pp. 136-143

Coe, Michael D., et al. (1989), Swords and Hilted Weapons, Prion Books, Ltd., London (republished by Barnes & Noble Books, 1993) (ISBN 1-56619-249-8).

Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1884), The Book of the Sword, Chatto & Windus, London (republished by Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1987) (ISBN 0-486-25434-8).

Egerton, Wilbrahim (1880), An Illustrated Handbook of Indian Arms, London (republished by White Orchid Press, Bankok, 1986) (ISBN 974-87456-1-9).

Stone, George Cameron (1934), A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, Jack Brussel, New York (ISBN 0-517-065878).

Tirri, Anthony (2003), Islamic Weapons, Maghrib to Moghul, Indigo Publishing (ISBN 0-9747192-7-7).

 

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