Early Southeast Asia : Selected Essays / O. W. Wolters; Craig J. Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolters, O. W., author.

Contributor:

Reynolds, Craig J., editor.

Cornell University. Southeast Asia Program.

Series:

Southeast Asia Program series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wolters, O. W.

Biography & Autobiography.

History.

Vietnam--Histoire.

Vietnam.

Cambodia--Histoire--800-1444.

Cambodia.

Thailand--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1782.

Thailand.

Asie du Sud-Est--Politique et gouvernement.

Asie du Sud-Est.

Asie du Sud-Est--Histoire.

Vietnam--History.

Cambodia--History--800-1444.

Thailand--History--To 1782.

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (Thailand).

Southeast Asia--Politics and government.

Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia--History.

Local Subjects:

Biography & Autobiography.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 236 p. :) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A collection of the classic essays of O. W. Wolters, reflecting his radiant and meticulous lifelong study of premodern Southeast Asia, its literature, trade, government, and vanished cities. Included is an intellectual biography by the editor, which covers Wolters's professional lives as a member of the Malayan Civil Service and, later, as a scholar. This volume displays the extraordinary range of Oliver Wolters's work in early Indonesian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Thai history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITOR'S NOTE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SOURCES

THE PROFESSIONAL LIVES OF O. W. WOLTERS

PART I. SOUTHEAST ASIA AS A REGION

CHAPTER ONE. SOUTHEAST ASIA AS A SOUTHEAST ASIAN FIELD OF STUDY

CHAPTER TWO. EARLY SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS

CHAPTER THREE. CHINA IRREDENTA: THE SOUTH

PART II. THE LONG DUREE OF MALAY HISTORY

CHAPTER FOUR. STUDYING SRIVIJAYA

CHAPTER FIVE. RESTUDYING SOME CHINESE WRITINGS ON SRIWIJAYA

PART III. MAINLAND MANDALAS

CHAPTER SIX. AYUDHYA AND THE REARWARD PART OF THE WORLD

CHAPTER SEVEN.JAYAVARMAN II'S MILITARY POWER: THE TERRITORIAL FOUNDATION OF THE ANGKOR EMPIRE

CHAPTER EIGHT. KHMER "HINDUISM" IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY

PART IV. VIETNAMESE HISTORIOGRAPHY AND LITERATURE

CHAPTER NINE. HISTORIANS AND EMPERORS IN VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMMENTS ARISING OUT OF LÊ VÃN HUU'S HISTORY, PRESENTED TO THE TRAN COURT IN 1272

CHAPTER TEN. PHAM SVMANH'S POEMS WRITTEN WHILE PATROLLING THE VIETNAMESE NORTHERN BORDER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER ELEVEN. ON TELLING A STORY OF VIETNAM IN THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781501731150

1501731157

OCLC:

1080549007