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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xi*TRANSCRIPTIONS, DATES, TERMS, AND NOTES, pg. xiii*Maps, pg. xiv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. DECLINE AND RESTORATION OF THE TOUNGOO EMPIRE, C. 1580-1635, pg. 15*CHAPTER TWO. THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE RESTORED EMPIRE, pg. 63*CHAPTER THREE. THE DECLINE OF ROYAL AUTHORITY IN THE NUCLEAR ZONE, 1648-1752, pg. 139*CHAPTER FOUR. AVA'S LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE OUTER ZONES, 1660-1752, pg. 199*CHAPTER FIVE. ALAUNG-HPAYA'S REINTEGRATION, 1752-1760, pg. 229*CONCLUSIONS AND ANALOGIES, pg. 271*Appendix I. List of Toungoo and Early KAPPAon-baung Kings, pg. 293*Appendix II. A Note on Major Sources, pg. 294*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 301*INDEX, pg. 323