Southeast Asia, past & present / D.R. SarDesai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

SarDesai, D. R.

Contributor:

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southeast Asia--History.

Southeast Asia.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 454 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Other Title:

Southeast Asia, past and present

Place of Publication:

Boulder Colo. : Westview Press, 2003.

Contents:

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

Colonial interlude: The English and Dutch in the East Indies; 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

Nationalist response: Nationalist movements in Southeast Asia: general; 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

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

Review and commentary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-437) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

0813341434

0813341442

OCLC:

52349147