Southeast Asia : past and present /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: SarDesai, D. R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2010]
Edition:6th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.