Yangon Echoes Inside heritage homes
by Henderson, Virginia
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used: Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 6167339570
- ISBN 13
- 9786167339573
- Seller
-
Chester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
a4 white Txt: River Books, 2015. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Condition good. ref ZKVQ Yangon Echoes is a popular history of buildings used as homes in Burma's bustling, former capital, charting social space and urban folklore and linking past to present via living memories.This anthology records everyday life through domestic connections to old places and explores the present day significance of Yangon's rich inheritance. Yangon Echoes is a popular history of buildings used as homes in Burma's bustling, former capital, charting social space and urban folklore and linking past to present via living memories. This anthology records everyday life through domestic connections to old places and explores the present day significance of Yangon's rich inheritance of built form. Our storytellers speak of joy and tragedy, simple pleasures and aching issues. They share thoughts and feelings of living through Yangon's emergence from decades of stagnation to engagement with a rapidly spinning world. Told with courage and charm, these informal stories of home offer insight into what has happened and is happening to the city. From the Back Cover Yangon Echoes welcomes readers behind the façades of heritage buildings to offer intimate views on life in the cosmopolitan city formerly known as Rangoon, Burma. An unprecedented work of oral history, Yangon Echoes is a rich anthology of fascinating life stories exploring notions and values of heritage and home. This popular history of buildings charts social space and urban folklore, linking past to present via living memories. The storytellers speak of joy and tragedy, simple pleasures and aching issues, candidly sharing their thoughts and feelings of living through YangonÂs emergence from decades of stagnation to engagement with a rapidly spinning world. Told with courage and charm, these informal stories record everyday life through domestic connections to old places.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Lady Lisa's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35620
- Title
- Yangon Echoes Inside heritage homes
- Author
- Henderson, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used: Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 6167339570
- ISBN 13
- 9786167339573
- Publisher
- River Books
- Place of Publication
- a4 white Txt
- Date Published
- 2015
Terms of Sale
Lady Lisa's Bookshop
If not satisfied, communicate within 7 days for a full refund.
About the Seller
Lady Lisa's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Chester
About Lady Lisa's Bookshop
Lady Lisa's Bookshop. I specialise in modern secondhand non-fiction books. I also have amounts of fiction and out of print books, used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...