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The Shan States include Baw (Maw), Hopong (Hopon), Hsahtung (Thaton), Hsamöngkem (Thamaingkan),
Hsawnghsup (Thaungdut), Hsenwi (Theinni ; North Hsenwi and South Hsenwi), Hsihkip (Thigyit), Hsipaw (Thibaw),
Kehsi Mangam (Kyithi Bansan), Kengcheng (Kyaingchaing), Kenghkam (Kyaingkan), Kenglön (Kyainglon),
Kengtung (Kyaingtong), Kokang, Kyon, Kyawkku Hsiwan (Kyaukku), Laihka (Legya), Lawksawk (Yatsauk), Loi-ai (Lwe-e),
Loilong (Lwelong), Loimaw (Lwemaw). Manglon, Monghsu, Mawkmai (Maukme), Mawnang (Bawnin), Mawson (Bawzaing),
Mongkawng (Mogaung), Mongkung, Mongleng (Mohlaing), Monglong, Mongmit (Momeik), Mong Nai (Mone),
Mongnawng, Mong Pai (Mobye), Mong Pan, Mong Pawng (Maing Pun), Mongping (Maingpyin), Mongsit (Maingseik),
Mongtung (Maington), Mongyang (Mohnyin), Mongyawng,Namhkai (Nanke), Namhkok (Nankok), Namhkom (Nankon),
Namtok (Nantok), Namkhok-Nawngwawn, Panglawng, Pangmi, Pangtara (Pindara), Pwehla (Poila), Sakoi,
Samka, Tawngpeng, Wanmaw (Bhamo), Wanyin (Banyin), Wuntho (Wynn Tho), Yawnghwe (Nyaungshwe), Ywangan (Yengan)
From 1886 to 1948 part of British Burma. From 1948 to 1962 part of the Union of Burma which provided a degree of autonomy for the states. The Wa States were used by Kuomintang Chinese forces as a base of operations against the PRC. Development of the Golden Triangle. Since 1962 Burma saw constitutional changes which resulted in centralization, the disregard of regional autonomy and democratic rights & institutions. Timeline : Shan List of Wars, Burma |
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Article : Shan State, from Wikipedia The Shan States of Burma : Toyotas, Traders and Tribes, by Leslie Nevison |
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Article : Shan State : History, from Wikipedia;
Shan History, from YWAM History, from shanland.org History of the Shan States, from Thaiyai.com L. Milne, Shans at home. With two chapters on Shan history and literature (1910), posted on Internet Archive |
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Burma : Sahibs in the Shan States, from drugtext.org A Forgotten Invasion : Thailand in Shan State, 1941-1945, from CPA Media |
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Shan, from UNPO International Boundary Studies, posted at Florida State Univ.; scroll down to No.33 (Burma-Laos), study, no maps; scroll down to No.42 (Burma-China), study, 2 maps; scroll down to No.63 (Burma-Thailand), study, 1 map Sai Wansai, Shan-Burmese Relation : Historical Account and Contemporary Politics, posted by Shanland |
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A Forgotten Invasion : Thailand in Shan State, 1941-1945, from
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Burma's Poppy Trail, from CPA Media |
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Languages of Myanmar, from Ethnologue How Wild are the Wa ?, from CPA Media Articles : Shan People, Va People, from Wikipedia F. Fryer, Tribes on the frontier of Burma (1907), posted on IA L. Milne, Shans at home. With two chapters on Shan history and literature (1910), posted on Internet Archive |
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J.G. Scott, J.P. Hardiman, Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States (1901),
posted on Internet Archive Article Shan States, Hopong (S.C.), Hsahtung (S.C.), Hsamonghkam (S.M.), Hsawnghsup, N. Hsenwi (N), S. Hsenwi (N.), Hsipaw (N.), Kehsi Mansam (S.E.), Kenghkam (S.E.), Kenglon (S.E.), Kengtung (S.), Kyawkku (S.M.), Kyong (S.M.), Laihka (S.E.), Lawksawk (S.C.), Loi-ai (S.M.), Loilong (S.M.), Loimaw (S.M.), Manglon (N.), Maw (S.M.), Mawkmai (S.E.), Mawnang (S.M.), Mawson (S.M.), Monghsu, Mongsang (S.E.), Mongkung (S.E.), Mongnai (S.E.), Mongnawng (S.E.), Mongpai (S.C.), Mongpan (S.E.), Mongpawn (S.E.), Mongsit (S.E.), Namhkai (S.M.), Namhkok (S.C.), Namtok (S.M.), Nawngwawn (S.C.), Pangmi (S.M.), Pangtara (S.M.), Poila (S.M.), Sakoi (S.C.), Samka (S.C.), Wa States, Wanyin (S.C.), Yawnghwe (S.), Yengan (S.M.) from Imperial Gazetteer of India (c. 1905) |
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The Tai Nation : Shans and Laos pp.202-203 in A.H. Keane,
The World's Peoples: A Popular Account of Their Bodily & Mental Characters
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C.M. Enriquez, A Burmese loneliness; a tale of travel in Burma, the Southern Shan States and Keng Tung (1918), posted on
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Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c |
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Articles : Paoh pp.438-440, Shanland pp.509-512, Wah pp.605-607,
in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G] |