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Southeast Asia, past & present

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Description

xii, 379 pages : maps; 24 cm

Summary

An account of South-east Asia since ancient times, covering traditional history as well as current events.

Alternative Title

Southeast Asia, past and present.

Subject

Genre/Form

Bibliography (note)

Contents

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 -- The English and Dutch in the East Indies -- 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 -- Nationalist movements in Southeast Asia: general -- 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.
Independent Philippines -- The Burmese way of socialism --Thailand: independence at any price -- Indonesia: unity amid diversity --Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei -- Nationalism and communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos -- Vietnam and Cambodia under communism.

ISBN

LCCN

93031041

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library