"The story of Burma?s largest ethnic minority group is finally told—in voluminous detail... History of the Shan State: From its Origins to 1962, by Sai Aung Tun, Silkworm Press, 2009. P 684 IF ever there was a tiger in the room that hardly anyone was talking about, it would have to be the Shan. Burma?s second largest ethnic group—after the majority Burmans—has not had the same domestic or international attention given to their complex history as many smaller ethnic groups. Apart from a handful of Shan, Burmese and Western scholars, Shan State has rarely been studied since the great J.G. Scott wrote his encyclopedic Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States some 100 years ago..."