Charting the Shape of Early Modern Southeast Asia
Anthony Reid, author
Date of publication:
2000
Publisher:
ISEAS / Trasvin
Number of pages:
298
Code:
BM218
Soft Cover
ISBN: 9789812300898
About the publication
In this volume Anthony Reid positions Southeast Asia on the stage of world history. He argues that the region not only had a historical character of its own, but that it played a crucial role in shaping the modern world.
Southeast Asia's interaction with the forces uniting and transforming the world is explored through chapters focusing on Islamization; Chinese, Siamese, Cham and Javanese trade; Makasar's modernizing momentum; and slavery. The last three chapters examine from different perspectives how this interaction of relative equality shifted to one of an impoverished "third world" region exposed to European colonial power.
Co-publication: ISEAS / Trasvin
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