Other Publications

The Money Trail: Burmese Currency In Crisis, 1937-1947

by Marilyn Longmuir (2002)
Southeast Asia Publications
Northern Illinois University
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
DeKalb, IL 60115

The Money Trail outlines rapid succession of currencies in Burma in the 1930s and 1940s, recounts the economic effects of the wartime currency crises, and details the considerations in the formulation of the British financial policies during and after the Japanese occupation.

The Burmese Harp: Its Classical Music, Tunings and Modes

by Muriel C. Williamson (2002)
Southeast Asia Publications
Northern Illinois University
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
DeKalb, IL 60115

The Burmese Harp shows the modal structure of the music to be directly related to the notes of the harp tunings and to the elements of the mouth-music tradition. It is primarily the relative importance of the modes which characterizes songs in each division. The arched harp was traditionally the most prized instrument of the Burmese royal court and it probably is the only ancient arched harp tradition still alive today.