On the Shadow Tracks - A Journey through Occupied Myanmar

Her journey would take her from Myanmar''s tropical south to the embattled mountain towns that border India and China. In dilapidated carriages, along tracks in disrepair, through contested ethnic states and former sites of forced labour, visiting temples, tea shops and festivals, Clare encountered a colourful and contradictory Myanmar through the stories of its people. Simultaneously a lush and evocative travelogue, an unsparing account of Myanmar''s recent history, and an astonishing, conversation-shifting engagement with Britain''s colonial legacy, On the Shadow Tracks is that rare and necessary thing: a book that finds and tells the truth.<>

About the author

Clare Hammond is a British journalist. Based in London, she works for non-profit Global Witness, investigating issues relating to natural resources, conflict and corruption. In Yangon, where she lived for six years, Hammond was most recently the digital editor of Frontier, Myanmar's best-known investigative magazine, where she oversaw daily news coverage. A Google News Initiative and Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee, her work has won multiple awards.

Product details

• Authors: Clare Hammond, Hammond Clare
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2024
• EAN: 9780241623893
• ISBN: 978-0-241-62389-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 222 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Myanmar, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, British Empire, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Reportage & collected journalism, Colonialism and imperialism, Trains & railways: general interest, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Trains and railways: general interest, Myanmar (Burma), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General