Nationalism in Southeast Asia : 'if the people are with us' / Nicholas Tarling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarling, Nicholas.

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 26.

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Southeast Asia--History.

Nationalism.

History.

Southeast Asia--History.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

273 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.

Summary:

"Nationalism in Southeast Asia "seeks a definition of nationalism through examining its role in the history of Southeast Asia, a region rarely included in general books on the topic. The state building of the colonial phase 1949-1975 is seen as a directed process with unexpected outcomes: it helped to create and to provoke opposition that took the form of "nationalist" movements. Tarling goes onto consider the role of nationalism in the "nation-building" of the post-colonial phase, and its relationship both with the democratic aspirations associated with the winning of independence and with the authoritarianism of the closing decades of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Definitions

chronologies

Construction

Nationalist movements

Invasion and interregnum

Independence

Popular sovereignty

Challenges

History and heritage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-263) and index.

ISBN:

0415334764

OCLC:

54758646