Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Chapter 1 The Shan in Myanmar -- Chapter 2 Shan state -- Chapter 3 The Shan hegemony in upper Myanmar from 1287 to 1555 -- Chapter 4 Relations between the Myanmar Kings and the Shan chiefs before the British occupation -- Chapter 5 Political situation in the Shan states before the British occupation -- Chapter 6 A military expedition to the Shan states -- Chapter 7 Pacification of the Cis-Salween states -- Chapter 8 The British occupation and the settlement of frontier problems -- Chapter 9 The British administration in the Shan states -- Chapter 10 The Japanese conquest of Myanmar and the occupation and partition of the Shan states – Chapter 11 The first multinational political conference at Pang Long in 1946 – Chapter 12 Postwar political developments in the Shan states -- Chapter 13 A second Pang Long conference and its historic agreement, 1947 -- Chapter 14 The Kuomintang incursion into the Shan states -- Chapter 15 The Shan state council -- Chapter 16 The transfer of Feudal power to the Shan state government -- Chapter 17 Proposal for revising the constitution -- Chapter 18 The all states conference at Taunggyi -- Chapter 19 The Federal principle -- Chapter 20 The coming of the Coup d'etat.