A history of early Southeast Asia : maritime trade and societal development, 100-1500 / Kenneth R. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Kenneth R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Civilization.

Commerce.

Social aspects.

Southeast Asia--Commerce--History--To 1500.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--Commerce--Social aspects--History--To 1500.

Southeast Asia--Civilization--To 1500.

Southeast Asia--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

xiii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2011]

Summary:

This comprehensive history provides a fresh interpretation of Southeast Asia from 100 to 1500, when major social and economic developments foundational to modern societies took place on the mainland (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) and the island world (Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines). Incorporating the latest archeological evidence and international scholarship, Kenneth Hall enlarges upon prior histories of early Southeast Asia that did not venture beyond 1400, extending the study of the region to the Portuguese seizure of Melaka in 1511. Written for a wide audience of non-specialists, the book will be essential reading for all those interested in Asian and world history.

Contents:

Trade and statecraft in early Southeast Asia

Early international maritime trade and cultural networking in the Southeast Asia, region, ca. 100-500

Competition on the east coast of the mainland : early Champa and Vietnam political economies

The foundations of Indonesian polity : Srivijaya and Java to the early tenth century

Structural change in the Javanese community, ca. 900-1300

The temple-based mainland political economies of Angkor Cambodia and pagan Burma, ca. 889-1300

Transitions in the Southeast Asian mainland commercial realm, ca. 900-1500

Maritime trade and community development in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Java

Upstream and downstream unification and the changing sense of community in Southeast Asia's fifteenth-century maritime port-polities

Maritime trade and state development, ca. 1250-1500.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780742567603

0742567605

9780742567610

0742567613

9780742567627

0742567621

OCLC:

670479196