Southeast Asia
Subtitle: past and present
By: D.R. SarDesai.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780813344348
Subjects: Southeast Asia -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One : Cultural heritage; title: The land and its people; title: Early kingdoms in mainland Southeast Asia; title: Early kingdoms of Sumatra and Java; title: The rise of new states : Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca; title: European intrusion in the Indian archipelago : the early phase; title: Mainland Southeast Asia : the consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam; title: Part Two : Colonial interlude; title: The English and Dutch in the East Indies; title: British role in the Malay States in the nineteenth century; title: Pride and paramountcy : Anglo-Burmese relations in the nineteenth century; title: The French in Vietnam and Cambodia; title: Thailand remains independent; title: Paert Three : Nationalist response; title: Nationalist movements in Southeast Asia : general; title: Filipino urge for freedom from Spanish and U.S. rule; title: The nationalist movements : Indonesia; title: The Nationalist movements : Myanmar; title: Thailand's constitutional revolution; title: The Nationalist movements : Vietnam; title: The nationalist movements : Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos; title: Part Four : Fruits of freedom; title: Independent Philippines; title: Myanmar : toward integration and democracy; title: Thailand : independence at any price; title: Indonesia : unity amid diversity; title: East Timor : birth of a nation; title: Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei; title: Nationalism and communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; title: Vietnam and Cambodia under communism; title: Tsunami, cyclone, and terrorism in Southeast Asia.