Southeast Asia : an introductory history / Milton Osborne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osborne, Milton E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southeast Asia--History.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Thirteenth edition.

Place of Publication:

2021.

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2020.

Summary:

A lively and easy-to-read guide to Southeast Asian history written by one of the world's pre-eminent historians of the area.

Contents:

Cover

Praise

Also by the author

About the author

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Maps, graphs and diagrams

Introduction

1 What is Southeast Asia?

2 The 'classical' background to modern Southeast Asian history

3 Courts, kings and peasants: Southeast Asia before the European impact

4 Minorities and slaves: The outsiders in traditional Southeast Asia

5 The European advance and challenge

6 Economic transformation

7 The Asian immigrants in Southeast Asia

8 The years of illusion: Southeast Asia between the wars, 1918-41

9 The Second World War in Southeast Asia

10 Revolution and revolt: Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaya and the Philippines

11 Other paths to independence

12 An end to post-colonial settlements and beyond I: Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

13 An end to post-colonial settlements and beyond II: Burma (Myanmar), Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines and the Thai exception

14 The challenges of independence in Southeast Asia

15 An overview of the present and the recent past

Picture section

APPENDIX: Discovering Southeast Asia through art and literature

Suggested readings

Timeline

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-76106-099-6

OCLC:

1227394563