Understanding Australia's neighbours : an introduction to East and Southeast Asia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Nick, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Asia.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

ix, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition / Nick Knight and Michael Heazle.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Understanding Australia's Neighbours is a comprehensive introduction to the study of Asia.

Contents:

1 The idea of 'Asia': Australia's 'Near North' - East and Southeast Asia 5

2 Tradition and modernity in East and Southeast Asia: The family 23

3 Tradition and modernity in East and Southeast Asia: Religion 42

4 Colonialism in East and Southeast Asia: How important was the impact of the West? 61

5 Nationalism and revolution in East and Southeast Asia 81

6 Nations and nation-building in East and Southeast Asia 102

7 International politics and East and Southeast Asia: The Cold War and the Sino-Soviet split 120

8 Economic growth in East and Southeast Asia: The Japanese economic 'miracle' and the newly industrialised economies 137

9 Democracy, human rights and development 161

10 Globalisation and East and Southeast Asia (with Daniel Halvorson) 179

11 China-Japan relations and US power in the twenty-first century 199

12 Australia in Asia, 'Asia' in Australia 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521157131

0521157137

OCLC:

751714653