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=== Colonial era === === Colonial era ===
Britons had significant confidence in their ability to maintain control over and change Burma. They believed that it could be guarded best within British India while still being able to maintain its own unique potential and culture, and that the potential of the country's geography and incoming migrants promised a bright commercial future.<ref>{{Citation |last=Keck |first=Stephen L. |title=Dacoits and Dissent |date=2015 |work=British Burma in the New Century, 1895–1918 |pages=167–191 |editor-last=Keck |editor-first=Stephen L. |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137364333_8 |access-date=2024-12-26 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1057/9781137364333_8 |isbn=978-1-137-36433-3}}</ref> in the early 1930s, when the ] took place, legal processes were kept in place to a significant extent despite the serious threat to the colonial state, emphasising the importance given to the ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Ian |date=2019 |title=REBELS, THE DEATH PENALTY, AND LEGAL PROCESS IN LATE COLONIAL BURMA |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/rebels-the-death-penalty-and-legal-process-in-late-colonial-burma/A4471A5B8CB21BBB329D1B5BA467ACEF |journal=The Historical Journal |language=en |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=813–832 |doi=10.1017/S0018246X19000049 |issn=0018-246X}}</ref> Britons had significant confidence in their ability to maintain control over and change Burma. They believed that it could be guarded best within ] while still being able to maintain its own unique potential and culture, and that the potential of the country's geography and incoming migrants promised a bright commercial future.<ref>{{Citation |last=Keck |first=Stephen L. |title=Dacoits and Dissent |date=2015 |work=British Burma in the New Century, 1895–1918 |pages=167–191 |editor-last=Keck |editor-first=Stephen L. |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137364333_8 |access-date=2024-12-26 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1057/9781137364333_8 |isbn=978-1-137-36433-3}}</ref> in the early 1930s, when the ] took place, legal processes were kept in place to a significant extent despite the serious threat to the colonial state, emphasising the importance given to the ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Ian |date=2019 |title=Rebels, the Death Penalty, and Legal Process in Late Colonial Burma |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/rebels-the-death-penalty-and-legal-process-in-late-colonial-burma/A4471A5B8CB21BBB329D1B5BA467ACEF |journal=The Historical Journal |language=en |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=813–832 |doi=10.1017/S0018246X19000049 |issn=0018-246X}}</ref>


As time went on, increasing amounts of nonwhite participation in local administration forced Britons to band together to a greater extent, resulting in more acceptance toward ].<ref>{{Citation |last=Charlton-Stevens |first=Uther |title=The End of Greater Anglo-India: Partitioned Anglo Identities in Burma and Pakistan |date=2021 |work=Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora |pages=63–107 |editor-last=Andrews |editor-first=Robyn |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-64458-1_4 |access-date=2024-12-26 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-64458-1_4 |isbn=978-3-030-64458-1 |editor2-last=Raj |editor2-first=Merin Simi}}</ref> David Baillargeon has argued that British administration was also bolstered by other Western groups, as with the Burma Corporation that was founded by future American President ].<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Baillargeon |first=David |title=“A Burmese Wonderland”: British World Mining and the Making of Colonial Burma |date=2018 |publisher=UC Santa Barbara |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2109j3rs |language=en}}</ref> As time went on, increasing amounts of nonwhite participation in local administration forced Britons to band together to a greater extent, resulting in more acceptance toward ].<ref>{{Citation |last=Charlton-Stevens |first=Uther |title=The End of Greater Anglo-India: Partitioned Anglo Identities in Burma and Pakistan |date=2021 |work=Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora |pages=63–107 |editor-last=Andrews |editor-first=Robyn |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-64458-1_4 |access-date=2024-12-26 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-64458-1_4 |isbn=978-3-030-64458-1 |editor2-last=Raj |editor2-first=Merin Simi}}</ref> David Baillargeon has argued that British administration was also bolstered by other Western groups, as with the Burma Corporation that was founded by future American President ].<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Baillargeon |first=David |title="A Burmese Wonderland": British World Mining and the Making of Colonial Burma |date=2018 |publisher=UC Santa Barbara |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2109j3rs |language=en}}</ref>


In 1942, many Indians and Europeans were forced to flee Burma due to the ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leigh |first=Michael D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=kvYqAwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=info:7lpsaQQR8FgJ:scholar.google.com/&ots=me3xsK64PT&sig=ZTg1Kr1b26MMEOgJX9MmP8_AkG4#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster |date=2014-04-24 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4411-3247-5 |language=en}}</ref> In 1942, many Indians and Europeans were forced to flee Burma due to the ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leigh |first=Michael D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvYqAwAAQBAJ&dq=info:7lpsaQQR8FgJ:scholar.google.com/&pg=PP9 |title=The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster |date=2014-04-24 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4411-3247-5 |language=en}}</ref>


== See also == == See also ==
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 3 January 2025

Britons in Myanmar (historically Burma) had a significant impact due to over a century of colonialism.

History

Colonial era

Britons had significant confidence in their ability to maintain control over and change Burma. They believed that it could be guarded best within British India while still being able to maintain its own unique potential and culture, and that the potential of the country's geography and incoming migrants promised a bright commercial future. in the early 1930s, when the Saya San Rebellion took place, legal processes were kept in place to a significant extent despite the serious threat to the colonial state, emphasising the importance given to the civilising mission.

As time went on, increasing amounts of nonwhite participation in local administration forced Britons to band together to a greater extent, resulting in more acceptance toward Anglo-Indians. David Baillargeon has argued that British administration was also bolstered by other Western groups, as with the Burma Corporation that was founded by future American President Herbert Hoover.

In 1942, many Indians and Europeans were forced to flee Burma due to the Japanese invasion.

See also

References

  1. Keck, Stephen L. (2015), Keck, Stephen L. (ed.), "Dacoits and Dissent", British Burma in the New Century, 1895–1918, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 167–191, doi:10.1057/9781137364333_8, ISBN 978-1-137-36433-3, retrieved 2024-12-26
  2. Brown, Ian (2019). "Rebels, the Death Penalty, and Legal Process in Late Colonial Burma". The Historical Journal. 62 (3): 813–832. doi:10.1017/S0018246X19000049. ISSN 0018-246X.
  3. Charlton-Stevens, Uther (2021), Andrews, Robyn; Raj, Merin Simi (eds.), "The End of Greater Anglo-India: Partitioned Anglo Identities in Burma and Pakistan", Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 63–107, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-64458-1_4, ISBN 978-3-030-64458-1, retrieved 2024-12-26
  4. Baillargeon, David (2018). "A Burmese Wonderland": British World Mining and the Making of Colonial Burma (Thesis). UC Santa Barbara.
  5. Leigh, Michael D. (2014-04-24). The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4411-3247-5.
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