Southeast Asia : an introductory history
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Southeast Asia : an introductory history
Allen & Unwin, c1997
7th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Southeast Asia: An introductory history has been the most widely read introduction to the region for over fifteen years and still retains its reputation as a highly readable survey of Southeast Asia's modern history. Clearly written and extensively illustrated with maps, prints and photographs, it has been revised and brought up-to-date for this seventh edition. While giving attention to the early history of Southeast Asia, the author concentrates on the changes that have taken place since the eighteenth century. He surveys such vital developments as the impact of colonial rule, economic transformations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the emergence and triumph of independence movements and the impact of social change and the pivotal roles played by religion, ethnic minorities and immigrant groups in the various countries of the region. This is an easily read and lively account well suited to readers making their first contact with a geographical and political area of great diversity. There is even an introduction to the art of the region and a guide to literature about Southeast Asia. Dr Milton Osborne's clear grasp of his subject reflects
Table of Contents
- What is Southeast Asia?
- the "classical" background to modern Southeast Asian history
- courts, kings and peasants - Southeast Asia before the European impact
- minorities and slaves - the outsiders in traditional Southeast Asia
- the European advance and challenge
- economic transformation
- the Asian immigrants in Southeast Asia
- the years of illusion - Southeast Asia between the wars, 1918-1941
- the Second World War in Southeast Asia
- revolution and revolt - Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaya and the Philippines
- other paths to independence
- independent Southeast Asia
- Southeast Asia's modern history
- discovering Southeast Asia through art and literature
- postscript - a perspective from 1994
- suggested readings
- time chart of modern Southeast Asian history.
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