Southeast Asia: Past & Present.

Abstract

Part 1 Cultural heritage: the land and its people early kingdoms in mainland southeast Asia early kingdoms of Sumatra and Java the rise of new states - Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca European intrusion in the Indian Archipelago - the early phase mainland southeast Asia - the consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam review. Part 2 Colonial interlude: the English and Dutch in the East Indies British role in the Malay states in the 19th century pride and paramountcy - Anglo-Burmese relations in the 19th century the French in Vietnam and Cambodia Thailand remains independent review. Part 3 Nationalist response: nationalist movements in southeast Asia - general Filipino urge for freedom from Spanish and US rule the nationalist movements - Indonesia the nationalist movements- Myanmar Thailand's constitutional revolution the nationalist movements - Vietnam the nationalist movements - Malaya, Cambodia and Laos review. Part 4 Fruits of freedom: independent Philippines toward the Burmese way of socialism Thailand - independence at any price Indonesia - unity amid diversity Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei nationalism and communism in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Vietnam and Cambodia under communism review and commentary.