Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680: Volume One: The Lands below the Winds
$25. hist Southeast Asian societies, like those of East Asia, had developed greatly before European seafarers arrived. It was a region that "was subject to many of the same climatic, physical, and commercial pressures and thus developed a very similar set of material cultures." Reid gives numerous contemporary foreign accounts of life in Southeast Asia on the eve of western imperialism and colonialism in a skillful, analytical, and critical way. The bibliography is excellent, and many of the drawings are from contemporary sources. Highly recommended for academic/research collections. Kenneth W. Berger, Duke Univ. Lib., Durham, N.C.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.