Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia: a very short introduction

by Rush, James R., (James Robert)

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"The countries of Southeast Asia are diverse in every way, from the ethnicities and religions of their residents to their political systems and levels of prosperity. These nations--Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, and East Timor--are each unique, yet shared traditions mean that each country is also typically Southeast Asian. In this concise study of the region, James R. Rush traces its history from the earliest mandala kingdoms…

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  • Full title :Southeast Asia : a very short introduction / James R. Rush.

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"The countries of Southeast Asia are diverse in every way, from the ethnicities and religions of their residents to their political systems and levels of prosperity. These nations--Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, and East Timor--are each unique, yet shared traditions mean that each country is also typically Southeast Asian. In this concise study of the region, James R. Rush traces its history from the earliest mandala kingdoms to the colonial era and the present day. Synthesizing the ideas of leading scholars, he provides an analysis of contemporary Southeast Asia that accommodates its bewildering ethnic, religious, and political complexities while exposing the underlying patterns that make it a unified world region"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2018

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xviii, 138 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 18 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780190248765, 0190248769
  • oclc:on1004206765
  • LC Classification:DS521
  • Dewey Decimal:959

Table of Contents

What is Southeast Asia? -- Kingdoms -- Colonies -- Nations -- The past is in the present.

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Subjects

Asia, Southeastern Asie du Sud-est HISTORY -- Southeast Asia. -- Asia POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World Southeast Asia

Writers

Rush, James R., (James Robert)

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