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.

Southeast Asia--History.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.

Language Note:

English

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. By developing such a definition and testing it out, Tarling hopes at the same time to make a contribution to southeast Asian historiography and to limit its 'ghettoization'.Tarling considers 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

Contents:

Cover; Nationalism in Southeast Asia: 'If the people are with us'; Copyright; Contents; Part I Definitions and chronologies; 1 Definitions; 2 Chronologies; Part II Colonial states; 3 Construction; 4 Nationalist movements; 5 Invasion and interregnum; Part III Nation-states; 6 Independence; 7 Popular sovereignty; 8 Challenges; Part IV Historiography; 9 History and heritage; Bibliographical note; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-134-31272-5

1-134-31273-3

1-280-06209-6

0-203-33024-2

9780203330241

OCLC:

437059285