Research Catalog

Title

A modern history of Southeast Asia : decolonization, nationalism and separatism / Clive J. Christie.

Author

Christie, Clive J., 1944-

Publication

London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 1996.

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Details

Description

x, 286 pages : maps; 22 cm

Summary

This book considers the overall decolonization of Southeast Asia and shows how, despite the great diversity of the region, issues of identity, religion and loyalism affected the newly-formed nation-states in remarkably similar ways.

Subject

• Since 1945
• Politische Identität
• Dekolonisatie
• Nationalisme
• Separatisme
• Southeast Asia > History > 1945-
• Southeast Asia
• Südostasien

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- pt. I. Decolonization, Separatism and Loyalism. 2. Stranded by the Tide: the Straits Chinese of Penang. 3. Anatomy of a Betrayal: the Karens of Burma. 4. Loyalism and 'Special War': the Montagnards of Vietnam. 5. Defining 'Self-Determination': the Republic of Indonesia vs. the South Moluccan Republic -- pt. II. National Identity: Decolonization and Separatism in the Muslim Regions of Southeast Asia. 6. Islam, Ethnicity and Separatism in Southeast Asia. 7. Nationalism and the 'House of Islam': the Acehnese Revolt and the Republic of Indonesia. 8. At the Frontier of the Islamic World: the Arakanese Muslims. 9. Ethnicity, Islam and Irredentism: the Malays of Patani. 10. Conclusion -- App. 1 Straits Chinese Memorandum -- App. 2 The Karen Memorial -- App. 3 The Montagnard Declaration -- App. 4 Declaration of Independence of the South Moluccas: 25 April 1950 -- App. 5 Manifesto of the Atjeh Rebels (1953) (selections) -- App. 6 Patani Petition.

ISBN

• 1850439974
• 9781850439974
• 9813055928
• 9789813055926

LCCN

95061521

OCLC

• ocm34123817
• 34123817
• SCSB-14480036

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library