Southeast Asia Past & Present (4th Edition) – D. R. SarDesai

Southeast Asia: Past & Present (4th Edition)

Author: D. R. SarDesai

Publisher: WestView Press

Year of Publication: 1997

Print Length: 432 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / History

Area: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia

Topic: Culture & Society, History, Nation-Building & Nationhood, National Consciousness, Nationalism, Patriotism, State Formation, Politics & Power

Southeast Asia offers a balanced, readable account of the region from ancient to modern times, covering traditional history as well as current events. D. R. SarDesai avoids exaggerating (as others do) the importance of the period of European colonial rule as he introduces us to the regions and peoples of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Combining thematic and chronological approaches with the study of colonialism, nationalism, domestic problems, and international relations, Southeast Asia manages to convey an Asian point of view throughout. In this revised fourth edition, SarDesai brings his account of the region’s history up-to-date and provides a completely updated, comprehensive bibliography and chronology.

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

PART ONE: CULTURAL HERITAGE

1. The Land and Its People

2. Early Kingdoms in Mainland Southeast Asia

3. Early Kingdoms of Sumatra and Java

4. The Rise of New States: Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca

5. European Intrusion in the Indian Archipelago: The Early Phase

6. Mainland Southeast Asia: The Consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam

Part One Review

PART TWO: COLONIAL INTERLUDE

7. The English and Dutch in the East Indies

8. British Role in the Malay States in the Nineteenth Century

9. Pride and Paramountcy: Anglo-Burmese Relations in the Nineteenth Century

10. The French in Vietnam and Cambodia

11. Thailand Remains Independent

Part Two Review

PART THREE: NATIONALIST RESPONSE

12. Nationalist Movements in Southeast Asia: General

13. Filipino Urge for Freedom from Spanish and U.S. Rule

14. The Nationalist Movements: Indonesia

15. The Nationalist Movements: Myanmar

16. Thailand’s Constitutional Revolution

17. The Nationalist Movements: Vietnam

18. The Nationalist Movements: Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos

Part Three Review

PART FOUR: FRUITS OF FREEDOM

19. Independent Philippines

20. Myanmar: Toward Integration and Democracy

21. Thailand: Independence at Any Price

22. Indonesia: Unity Amid Diversity

23. Malaysia, Singapore, and Bruinei

24. Nationalism and Communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

25. Vietnam and Cambodia Under Communism

Part Four Review and Commentary

Chronological Chart

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Damodar R. SarDesai is Emeritus Professor of History at UCLA. He formerly served as both Chair and Vice-Chair of the History Department at UCLA. Professor SarDesai is one of the world’s leading South-East Asia scholars, although he has also researched & written extensively in the field of South Asian studies, and is perhaps best known as the author of ‘Southeast Asia: Past & Present‘, which is now in its seventh edition.

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