The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire

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.