| Nations and States in Southeast Asia Contributor(s): Tarling, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521625645 ISBN-13: 9780521625647 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $29.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1998 Annotation: Reflecting a lifetime's scholarship, Nicholas Tarling's provocative study outlines the emergence of the nation-states of modern Southeast Asia. The book's three sections give a broad historical overview of individual nation-states, reflect on significant problems in understanding Southeast Asia, and explore the current state of writing Southeast Asian history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 959.053 |
| LCCN: 97029973 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.99" W x 8.86" (0.58 lbs) 148 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This reflective and provocative book outlines the emergence of the nation-states of modern Southeast Asia. It considers various ways of looking at Southeast Asian history, combining narrative, analysis and discussion. The book's three sections give a broad historical overview of individual nation-states, reflect on significant problems in understanding Southeast Asia, and explore the current state of writing Southeast Asian history. This book reflects a lifetime's scholarship and will become a major interpretive synthesis of modern Southeast Asia. |