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02993aam a2200445 a 4500 001 DA678EDAC4D411E18910E79C6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 120213s2012 nyuaf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2012004652 020 $a 1615191623 (ebook) 020 $a 9781615191628 (ebook) 020 $a 1615190643 020 $a 9781615190645 035 $a (OCoLC)775419790 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCO $d BWX $d IAD $d M$K $d QBX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-br--- 050 00 $a DS530.53.A85 $b P66 2012 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Popham, Peter. 245 1 $a The lady and the peacock : $b the life of Aung San Suu Kyi / $c Peter Popham. 260 $a New York : $b Experiment, $c 2012. 300 $a xvi, 448 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Originally published: London : Rider, 2011. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Map of Burma -- Prologue -- pt. 1. Her Father's Child -- pt. 2. The Peacock's Fan -- Late Call -- Debut -- Freedom and Slaughter -- The Funeral -- Open Road -- Her Father's Blood -- Defiance -- pt. 3. The Wide World -- Grief of a Child -- The Gang of Five -- An Oriental at St. Hugh's -- Choices -- Superwoman -- pt. 4. Heirs to the Kingdom -- Alone -- Landslide Victory -- Long Live Holiness -- The Peace Prize -- Heroes and Traitors -- pt. 5. The Road Map -- Meeting Suu -- Nightmare -- The Saffron Revolution -- The Peacock Effect -- Afterword -- Glossary -- List of Names. 520 $a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu KyikÌnown to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed Burma, and to her followers as simply zThe LadyyhÌas recently returned to international headlines. Now, this major new biography offers essential reading at a moment when Burma, after decades of stagnation, is once again in flux. Suu Kyi?s remarkable life begins with that of her father, Aung San. The architect of Burma?s independence, he was assassinated when she was only two. Suu Kyi grew up in India (where her mother served as ambassador), studied at Oxford, and worked for three years at the UN in New York. In 1972, she married Michael Aris, a British scholar. They had two sons, and for several years she lived as a self-described zhousewifeybÌut she never forgot that she was the daughter of Burma?s national hero. 600 00 $a Aung San Suu Kyi. 650 0 $a Women political activists $z Burma $v Biography. 650 0 $a Political activists $z Burma $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women political prisoners $z Burma $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women politicians $z Burma $v Biography. 651 0 $a Burma $x Politics and government $y 1988- 651 0 $a Burma $x Politics and government $y 1948- 941 $a 3 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006065356.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826052946.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20130518010719.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA678EDAC4D411E18910E79C6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search