A post from the archives
1905 - 1906
Times of bubonic plague
These photos were taken in 1906 by the Burma-based photographic studio Criouleansky & Marshall, which normally took portraits of Europeans in Burma or produced "exotic" images of Burma's customs and landscapes. These photographs - different from their usual fare, and documenting Mandalay during an outbreak of bubonic plague - were published in The Graphic, a British weekly illustrated newspaper. The images were likely intended to show early British rule in Upper Burma in a positive light, coming just 20 years...
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.