The Trouser People - a story of Burma in the shadow of an empire - Andrew Marshall

Filled with humor and history, a compelling story of two journeys, one hundred years apart, follows the author, who retraces the steps of Sir George Scott, a Victorian adventurer who helped establish British colonial rule in Burma and introduced the people of Burma to soccer, discovering modern Burma, now ruled by "the trouser people"--a violent military dictatorship. 40,000 first printing.

Inspired by the diaries of a forgotten Victorian adventurer called Sir George Scott, Andrew Marshall set out to discover the real Burma - an impoverished nation then ruled by a repressive regime. Scott was a die-hard imperialist who hacked, bullied and charmed his way through uncharted jungles to help establish British colonial rule. Braving government spies and the after-effects of some powerful local hooch, Marshall retraces Scott's intrepid footsteps into Burma's remote tribal heartlands to encounter the bewitching 'giraffe women' and the former headhunters of the Wild Wa. His journey is an offbeat exploration of Britain's lost heritage and a powerful exposé of Burma's modern tragedy.

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