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1 online resource (xiv, 358 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia ; no. 11
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Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia ; no. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 343-358. |
| Summary |
While following the probes of foreign individuals into various obscure parts of Southeast Asia over the centuries is a diverting and entertaining pastime, the purpose of this volume is to investigate this past with the mind, to question and postulate upon the historical patterns that have developed from earlier study of the area, and to bring concepts from other areas and disciplines to bear on the existing information. The product of this effort, as it is encompassed in this volume, is not an attempt at the definitive study of any of the topics. It is rather a series of speculations on the directions feasible for the further study of the Southeast Asian past. As such, the answers proposed in these essays are really questions. Are the ideas presented here true within the specific historical contexts for which they have been developed? If so, can we use these ideas, or variations of them, to interpret the history of other parts of Southeast Asia? If not, what other ideas may be brought to bear on these situations in order to understand them? The ultimate aim of this volume is thus a challenge to the profession at large not only to criticize what we have done, but also to go beyond our postulations and create new ones. [xi]. |
| Funding |
Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Contents |
Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps and Charts -- The Authors -- Foreword -- Symbols Used in the Notes -- An introductory Essay on Southeast Asian Statecraft in the Classical Period -- Madagascar in the Ancient Malayo-Polynesian Myths -- State and Statecraft in Early Srivijaya -- Devarāja Cult and Khmer Kingship at Angkor -- The Rise of Đại Việt and the Establishment of Thang-Lŏng -- Note: The Vietnamese Confucian Scholar's View of His Country's Early History -- Kingship, the Saṅgha, and Society in Pagan |
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The Devolution of Kingship in Twelfth Century Ceylon -- Southeast Asian Trade and the Isthmian Struggle, 1000-1200 A.D. -- Appendix -- Southeast asia to 1300: A Course Outline and List of Suggested Readings |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Southeast Asia -- Politics and government.
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Southeast Asia. |
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Politics and government. |
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Southeast Asia -- History.
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Hall, Kenneth R., editor.
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Whitmore, John K., editor.
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Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hall, Kenneth R. Explorations in Early Southeast Asian History : The Origins of Southeast Asian Statecraft Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Center for South & Southeast Asian Studies,c1976 9780891480112 |
| ISBN |
9780472127993 electronic book |
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0472127993 |
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9780472901951 open access |
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0472901958 |
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9780891480112 paper |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.19404 |
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