February 1958

Articles

• Muslim and Hindu

  The Sensitive Areas

  Frederic M. Bennett

• Burma's Socialist Democracy

  Some problems of practical politics

  U Law Yone

• Continuity in Burma

  The survival of historic forces

  U Kyaw Thet

• People of the Golden Land

  Burmese character and customs

  Daw Mi Mi Khaing

• Burmese Names

  A guide

  Daw Mi Mi Khaing

• The Public Weal

  Excerpts from speeches by the honorable U Nu, Prime Minister of the Union of Burma

  U Nu

• Burma

  An introduction

  U Kyaw Nyein

• The Women of Burma

  A tradition of hard work and independence

  Daw Mya Sein

• Burmese Music

  A partnership in melodic sounds

  U Khin Zaw

• The Early Art of Burma

  Surviving Traditions from Pagan and Mandalay

  Thaw Ka

• Contemporary Burmese Art

  U Thein Han

• Burmese Entertainment

  Drama, dance, and film

  U Myo Min

• Building a Nation

  Goals for the future

  U Thant

• Burma's Economy

  An eye toward growth

  U Tun Thin

• Indians and Chinese in Burma

  Notes on immigration

  U Myay Kyaw

• Modern Burmese Literature

  Its background in the independence movement

  U On Pe

• The Burmese Language

  U Wun

• The Meaning of Buddhism

  Fundamental principles of the Theravada doctrine

  Bhikkhu U Thittila

• Folk-Elements in Burmese Buddhism

  Alchemy, spirits, and ancient rituals

  Maung Htin Aung

• The Concept of Neutralism

  What lies behind Burma's foreign policy

  James Barrington

• The 13-Carat Diamond

  A story

  Daw Khin Myo Chit

• The Prince of the Prison

  A story

  Dagon Shwe Hmyar

• As Burma Sees Herself

• Introduction

  U. Kyaw Nyein

• The Peoples of Burma

• The Beda Flower

  U Thein Han

• Finland

• Some Burmese Riddle Verses

• Rice Pounding Songs

  After the rice harvest the women of a Burmese village gather to pound out the grains from the husks. Is they work, they sing these traditional folk songs, which have been collected and translated by U Khin Zaw.

• Tavoy Evening

  U. Win Pe

• A Chronology of Burmese History

• Acknowledgments

• Additional Biographical Notes

• A Glossary of Burmese Words

• Map

• Science and Industry

• Can the West Regain the Initiative?

  “Rocket for rocket,”says BARBARA WARD, the former foreign editor of the London ECONOMIST, “the Western fencers can catch up with the Russians. But speeding up the arms race will not end the tension. Is there an alternative which does not entail the appeasement of Russian imperialism? ” This is her objective in the article which follows.

  Barbara Ward

• Courtship of the Blue Widow: An Atlantic Story

  HARRY MARK PETRAKIS was thirty-three years old, happily married, the father of two sons, and busily employed in a steel company in Pittsburgh before he succeeded in breaking into ATLANTIC print. His story, “Pericles on 34th Street,” won the Atlantic “First” Award for 1957; this is his second story, and he is now at work on a novel.

  Harry Mark Petrakis

• The Atlantic Report on the World Today: Washington

• American Cars: A Narrowing Choice

  Despite extraordinary gains in the sale of small foreign cars in this country, Detroit still seems to doubt that this relatively new market is worth developing. But while the number of American manufacturers has been diminishing, more and more producers overseas are finding buyers here for an increasing variety of their models. JOHN L. HESSis a New York journalist who specializes in business.

  John L. Hess

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