Historians and their discipline the call of Southeast Asian history

Intended both for students and scholars, this book of personal essays is the first by a group of historians as researchers, writers and teachers speacializing in Southeast Asia.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Other Authors: Tarling, Nicholas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Kuala Lumpur] Malaysian Branch of the royal Asiatic society 2007.
Series:Monographs of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society no. 40.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Nicholas Tarling Introduction
  • 2. Nigel Brailey A British View of Thailand and Southeast Asia
  • 3. David P. Chandler Forty-one years in the field: A Backward glance
  • 4. Cheah Boon-Kheng How I got into Malaysian History
  • 5. John Gullick An Amateur Historian
  • 6. John D. Legge Chance and Circumstance: A Gradual Journey towards Asian studies
  • 7. Jamie Mackie Becoming an Indonesianist - but an unbecoming historian
  • 8. Ruth T. McVey Imagining Southeast Asia
  • 9. David Marr A Life with Vietnam
  • 10. Ian Nish The Call of Southeast Asian History
  • 11. Martin Stuart-Fox Serendipity, or discovering Lao History
  • 12. Nicholas Tarling Down Chancery Lane
  • 13. Ken Tregonning Reflections of a Pioneer
  • 14. Wang Gungwu The Pull of Southeast Asia
  • 15. Yoneo lishi My Involvement in Thai historical studies
  • 16. Yong Ching Fatt 'Politics in Command': Studying Chinese leadership in British Malaya
  • 17. Select Bibliography.