text The opium queen : the untold story of the rebel who ruled the Golden Triangle
- Summary
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"Opium Queen is the true story of the widely mythologized genderqueer Burmese opium-pioneer of noble Chinese descent, Olive Yang, who secretly ran an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle"--
- Contents
- Formerly Known as Burma -- Before There Was A Golden Triangle -- Man, Woman, Myth, or Legend? -- Olive's Coming-Out -- A Curse on the House of Yang -- Operation Paper and the Queen of Kokang -- The Olive Branch -- In Prison, in Love, in Mandalay -... Read more
- Format
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- Description
- xv, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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TADL-WOOD | 921 YANG, OLIVE PAL in New Non-fiction | Checked out (Due: 2023-10-15) |
Yang, Olive 1927-2017
Opium trade Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) History 20th century
Gender-nonconforming people Burma Biography
Anti-communist movements Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) History 20th century
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) History 20th century
Gender-nonconforming people
Opium trade
Asia Golden Triangle
Burma