Southeast Asia A Concise History

Name: Southeast Asia A Concise History
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ISBN: 9780500283035

ISBN-10: 0500283036

ISBN-13: 9780500283035

Edition: 2001

Authors: Mary Somers Heidhues

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Mary Somers Heidhues guides the reader through the history of Southeast Asia from the earliest prehistoric peoples to the late 20th century - from the Dongson bronze drums of the 1st millennium BC to the emergence of high-tech tiger economies.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction


Southeast Asia Today


Southeast Asian Histories


Note on Spellings



Waterways: From Early Settlements to the First Maritime Kingdoms


Evidence From Prehistory


Southeast Asians


Farming and Metalworking


Early States and Indian Influences


Funan


Champa


Srivijaya


Waterways, Settlements and Trade



Temples and Rice: Land-Based Kingdoms


Southeast Asian Kingship


Kingship and Display


Angkor and Cambodia


Early Javanese Kingdoms


Borobudur


Prambanan


Eastern Java


Majapahit


Pagan and Burma


A Tai Century


Ayudhya


The Indian Legacy



Multiplicity of Beliefs: The Religions of Southeast Asia


Hinduism


Buddhism


Theravada Buddhism


Confucianism


Taoism


Islam


Christianity


Messianic and Millenarian Beliefs



Southeast Asia as a Crossroads: Relations with China and European Advances


Chinese Influence


China's Special Relationship with Vietnam


European Contacts and Early Colonization


Colonization by Trade: The VOC


Dutch Territorial Conquests in Java


The Expansion of European Control


Britain


French Indochina


USA


Consolidation of Independence in Siam



New Directions, New Elites: The Colonial Map of Southeast Asia


Agricultural Change and Population Growth


Mines, Plantations and Immigrant Labour


Early Resistance


The Beginnings of Nationalism


Social Change: Education, Language and Literacy


International Influences on the Emergence of Nationalism


Reform Movements


Marxism


Religion and Nationalism


Secular Nationalism



Violence and Transition: Occupation, Independence and Cold War


Japanese Occupation


Mobilization


Japanese-Trained Armies


Resistance


Economic and Social Disruption


The End of Japanese Occupation


The Indochina Wars


Cambodia and Laos


Independence in Other Countries



Development and Democracy: Southeast Asia in Recent Decades


Accelerated Growth


Authoritarian Rule and Economic Development


ASEAN


The Environment


Glossary


Short Bibliography


Illustration and Text Credits


Index