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Author Lockard, Craig A.

Title Southeast Asia in world history / Craig A. Lockard.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The new Oxford world history
New Oxford world history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.
Contents The ancient roots of Southeast Asia to ca. 200 BCE -- Southeast Asians in the classical world, ca. 200 BCE-800 CE -- The kingdoms of the golden age, ca. 800-1400 -- New cultures and connections, ca. 1300-1750 -- Christians, spices, and Western expansion, 1500-1750 -- The Western winds of colonialism, 1750-1914 -- Colonial impact and changing fortunes, 1800-1941 -- Fighting for the cause of national freedom, 1900-1950 -- Revolutionary wars and nation building, 1950-1975 -- Diverse identities, "tigers," and changing politics since 1970 -- Southeast Asia and the wider world.
Summary This book will sketch an outline of Southeast Asian history from earliest times to the present, showing how the diverse political, economic, social, and cultural patterns developed over several thousand years and the role played by the region in the larger world. Approximately one third will be devoted to the centuries before 1500 CE, when civilizations and kingdoms emerged and some Southeast Asians became active in Asian and Pacific maritime trade networks. It will discuss the connections to India and China, the great kingdoms such as Angkor, the maritime trade, and the emergence of diverse cultural traditions, including the Theravada Buddhist, Islamic, and Vietnamese realms. Another third covers the period of Western expansion and colonization between 1500 and 1941, when various Western nations began to gradually influence and then reshape the region and Southeast Asians became more deeply involved with world trade. This includes an extensive discussion of the impact of colonialism on Southeast Asian societies, cultures, economies and politics. The final third examines the rise of nationalism and independence movements, decolonization, the wars in Indochina, and the links between past, present, and future.
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Subject Southeast Asia -- History.
Southeast Asia.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lockard, Craig A. Southeast Asia in world history. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009 9780195338119 0195338111 (DLC) 2008029792 (OCoLC)179802548
ISBN 9780199721962 (electronic book)
0199721963 (electronic book)
1282053507
9781282053502
9780195338119 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0195338111 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780195160758 (alkaline paper)
0195160754 (alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9786612053504