Southeast Asia An Introductory History

Illustrations vii

Introduction xiii

1. What is Southeast Asia?

2. The 'Classical' Background to Modern Southeast Asian History

3. Courts, Kings and Peasants: Southeast Asia Before the European Impact

4. Minorities and Slaves: The Outsiders in Traditional Southeast Asia

5. The European Advance and Challenge

6. Economic Transformation

7. The Asian Immigrants in Southeast Asia

8. The Years of Illusion: Southeast Asia Between the Wars, 1918-1941

9. The Second World War in Southeast Asia 155 10 Revolution and Revolt: Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaya and the Philippines

11. Other Paths to Independence

12. An End to Post-colonial Settlements, and Beyond I: Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

13. An End to Post-colonial Settlements, and Beyond II: Burma (Myanmar), Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines and the Thai Exception 227

14. The Challenges of Independence in Southeast Asia

15. Southeast Asia's Modern History: An Overview of the Present and the Recent Past

Appendix: Discovering Southeast Asia through Art and Literature

Suggested Readings

Timeline

Index