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A new history of Southeast Asia

A new, comprehensive, one volume history of Southeast Asia that spans prehistory to the present. Ricklefs brings together colleagues at the National University of Singapore whose expertise covers the entire region, encompassing political, social, economic, religious, and cultural history.

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Main Authors: Ricklefs, M. C. (Author), Lockhart, Bruce (Author), Lau, Albert (Author), Reyes, Portia (Author), Aung-Thwin, Maitrii (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Subjects:
Southeast Asia > history
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Table of Contents:
  • Ethnic groups, early cultures and social structures
  • Early state formation
  • 'Classical' states at their height
  • New global religions and ideas from the thirteenth century
  • The rise of new states from the fourteenth century
  • Non-indigenous actors old and new
  • Early modern Southeast Asian states
  • Colonial communities, c.1800-1900
  • Reform, new ideas and the 1930s crisis (c.1900-42)
  • World War II in Southeast Asia (1942-1945)
  • Regaining independence in the decades after 1945
  • Building nations, to c.1990
  • Boom and bust in Southeast Asia c.1990-2008
  • Southeast Asia today.

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