Book
Southeast Asia : past and present
Item details
- ISBN: 9780813344348 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0813344344 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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x, 446 p. : maps ; 23 cm. - Edition: 6th ed.
- Publisher: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2010.
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Previous ed. entitled as Southeast Asia, past & present. 2003. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one : Cultural heritage. The land and its people -- Early kingdoms in mainland Southeast Asia -- Early kingdoms of Sumatra and Java -- The rise of new states : Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca -- European intrusion in the Indian archipelago : the early phase -- Mainland Southeast Asia : the consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam -- Part two : Colonial interlude. The English and Dutch in the East Indies -- The British role in the Malay States in the nineteenth century -- Pride and paramountcy : Anglo-Burmese relations in the nineteenth century -- The French in Vietnam and Cambodia -- Thailand remains independent. Part three : Nationalist response. Nationalist movements in Southeast Asia : general -- The Filipino urge for freedom from Spanish and U.S. rule -- The nationalist movements : Indonesia -- The nationalist movements : Myanmar -- Thailand's constitutional revolution -- The nationalist movements : Vietnam -- The nationalist movements : Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos -- Part four : Fruits of freedom. Independent Philippines -- Myanmar : toward integration and democracy -- Thailand : independence at any price -- Indonesia : unity amid diversity -- East Timor : birth of a nation -- Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei -- Nationalism and communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos -- Vietnam and Cambodia under communism -- Tsunami, cyclone, avian influenza, and terrorism in Southeast Asia. |
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| Subject: | Southeast Asia History |
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