Southeast Asia: Past & Present

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Land and Its People....Pages 3-21
Early Kingdoms in Mainland Southeast Asia....Pages 22-42
Early Kingdoms of Sumatra and Java....Pages 43-50
The Rise of New States: Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca....Pages 51-62
European Intrusion in the Indian Archipelago: The Early Phase....Pages 63-73
Mainland Southeast Asia: The Consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam....Pages 74-81
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
The English and Dutch in the East Indies....Pages 87-99
British Role in the Malay States in the Nineteenth Century....Pages 100-109
Pride and Paramountcy: Anglo-Burmese Relations in the Nineteenth Century....Pages 110-124
The French in Vietnam and Cambodia....Pages 125-132
Thailand Remains Independent....Pages 133-139
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Nationalist Movements in Southeast Asia: General....Pages 145-149
Filipino Urge for Freedom from Spanish and U.S. Rule....Pages 150-165
The Nationalist Movements: Indonesia....Pages 166-175
The Nationalist Movements: Myanmar....Pages 176-181
Thailand’s Constitutional Revolution....Pages 182-186
The Nationalist Movements: Vietnam....Pages 187-195
The Nationalist Movements: Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos....Pages 196-203
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Independent Philippines....Pages 209-232
Myanmar: Toward Integration and Democracy....Pages 233-251
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Thailand: Independence at Any Price....Pages 252-265
Indonesia: Unity Amid Diversity....Pages 266-282
Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei....Pages 283-309
Nationalism and Communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos....Pages 310-326
Vietnam and Cambodia Under Communism....Pages 327-354
Back Matter....Pages 363-422