num_pages: 292
description: This informative but concise history of China and Southeast Asia is perfect for travelers, students, teachers, and businesspeople. Portable and attractively designed, it includes color illustrations, maps, and a brief history of the region. Explored are relations between China and Southeast Asia across two millennia; patterns of diplomacy, commercial networks, and migration; and how these have varied over time. With a focus on modern history, this is a fascinating account of imperial ambition, internal collapse and revival, cultural and commercial endeavors, and war and revolution. Important insight into the complicated history of the fastest-growing region in the world is offered.
language: English
title: A Short History of China and Southeast Asia: Tribute, Trade and Influence
titlecomplete: A Short History of China and Southeast Asia: Tribute, Trade and Influence (A Short History of Asia series)
genres: History, China
ratings_count: 34
series: A Short History of Asia
publisher: Allen & Unwin