The Emergence Of Modern Southeast Asia: A New HistoryNorman G. Owen University of Hawaii Press, 1 thg 1, 2005 - 541 trang The modern states of Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, and East Timor were once a tapestry of kingdoms, colonies, and smaller polities linked by sporadic trade and occasional war. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, the United States and several European powers had come to control almost the entire region - only to depart dramatically in the decades following World War II. perspective on this complex region. Although it does not neglect nation-building (the central theme of its popular and long-lived predecessor, In Search of Southeast Asia), the present work focuses on economic and social history, gender, and ecology. It describes the long-term impact of global forces on the region and traces the spread and interplay of capitalism, nationalism, and socialism. It acknowledges that modernization has produced substantial gains in such areas as life expectancy and education but has also spread dislocation and misery. Organizationally, the book shifts between thematic chapters that describe social, economic, and cultural change, and country chapters emphasizing developments within specific areas. will establish a new standard for the history of this dynamic and radically transformed region of the world. |
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Southeast Asian Livelihoods | 17 |
Inner Life and Identity | 33 |
The Struggle for Political Authority | 50 |
Dynasties and Colonies Boundaries and Frontiers | 73 |
Myanmar Becomes British Burma | 81 |
Siam From Ayutthaya to Bangkok | 91 |
Vietnam 17001885 Disunity Unity and French Conquest | 104 |
Cambodia 17961884 Politics in a Tributary Kingdom | 115 |
British Burma and Beyond | 320 |
Vietnam 18851975 Colonialism Communism and Wars | 333 |
Siam Becomes Thailand 19101973 | 348 |
Cambodia 18841975 | 359 |
Laos to 1975 | 369 |
Industrialization and Its Implications | 377 |
Human Consequences of the Economic Miracle | 397 |
Malaysia since 1957 | 412 |
Realignments The Making of the Netherlands East Indies 17501914 | 121 |
The Malay Negeri of the Peninsula and Borneo 17751900 | 135 |
The Spanish Philippines | 145 |
Globalization and Economic Change | 159 |
Modes of Production Old and New | 178 |
Consolidation of Colonial Power and Centralization of State Authority | 199 |
Living in a Time of Transition | 220 |
Perceptions of Race Gender and Class in the Colonial Era | 241 |
Channels of Change | 250 |
Depression and War | 266 |
The Philippines 18961972 From Revolution to Martial Law | 281 |
Becoming Indonesia 19001959 | 294 |
British Malaya | 310 |
Singapore and Brunei | 420 |
Indonesia The First Fifty Years | 429 |
The Kingdom of Thailand | 446 |
The Philippines since 1972 | 453 |
Vietnam after 1975 From Collectivism to Market Leninism | 466 |
Cambodia since 1975 | 479 |
Laos since 1975 | 490 |
Burma Becomes Myanmar | 495 |
Afterword | 505 |
Notes | 507 |
About the Authors | 515 |
Index | 519 |
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