Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia: Burma 1941-1942
- Submitting institution
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School of Oriental and African Studies
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 26088
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- ISBN
- 9781350089457
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/imperial-military-transportation-in-british-asia-9781350089457/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This volume is the culmination of extensive archival research in the UK and Japan, as well as substantial fieldwork in Thailand and Burma, and a major intervention in the history of the First Burma Campaign. A year spent working with obituaries, ancestry and genealogical data allowed the reconstruction of the family trees of 75 colonial railway employees to track down current descendants, leading to the uncovering of a major archival resource, the Biddulph Papers, utilised here for the first time. Additional time spent acquiring expertise in the operation of locomotives enabled an informed understanding of their use in wartime conditions.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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