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Southeast Asia is a tantalising part of the world. The region has undergone dramatic changes during its long and colourful history, and is marked by enormous cultural, geographical and political diversity. From the grandeur of the 'classical' years through the transformations that accompanied the arrival and eventual dominance of the European powers, and from the bitter wars of revolution to the joys and problems of independence, Exploring Southeast Asia is a lively chronicle of the region's past. Extensively illustrated with photographs and diagrams, it also includes handy brief histories and maps of all Southeast Asian nations.Exploring Southeast Asia is the ideal introduction to a world waiting and deserving to be better known.'[Milton Osborne] writes books on the region which have two qualities rarely found in combination: impeccable and authoritative scholarship, and the vividness and lightness of touch of first-rate travel writing.' - Christopher Koch
Contents
IllustrationsIntroduction: Where the past meets the presentPART ONE: Southeast Asia up to the Second World War1 Great cities and great empires in the 'Lands of Gold'2 Courts, kings and peasants: the traditional world3 Minorities and slaves: outsiders in traditional Southeast Asia4 The challenge of the West: The European advance5 Economic transformation6 The Asian immigrants7 The years of illusion: between the wars, 1918-418 The Second World War in Southeast AsiaPART TWO: Gaining independence: common goals, individual histories9 Revolution and revolt10 Other paths to independencePART THREE: Independent Southeast Asia 11 Challenges of the post-colonial era12 Contemporary Southeast Asia13 Southeast Asia's living pastHistory at a glanceTime chart of modern Southeast Asian historyMapsFurther readingIndex
