Exploring Southeast Asia: A Traveller's History of the Region

Part title......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 6
Introduction......Page 9
PART I Southeast Asia up to the Second World War......Page 27
1 Great cities and great empires in the \'Lands of Gold\'......Page 29
2 Courts, kings and peasants: The traditional world......Page 53
3 Minorities and slaves: Outsiders in traditional Southeast Asia......Page 72
4 The challenge of the West: The European advance......Page 81
5 Economic transformation......Page 102
6 The Asia immigrants......Page 121
7 The years of illusion: Between the wars, 1918-41......Page 137
8 The Second World War in Southeast Asia......Page 153
PART II Gaining independence: Common goals, individual histories......Page 165
9 Revolution and revolt......Page 167
10 Other paths to independence......Page 180
PART III Independent Southeast Asia......Page 189
11 Challenges of the post-colonial era......Page 191
12 Contemporary Southeast Asia......Page 200
13 Southeast Asia\'s living past......Page 228
History at a glance......Page 235
Time chart of modern Southeast Asian history......Page 253
Maps......Page 256
Further reading......Page 266
Index......Page 274