The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: Volume 2, Part 2, From World War II to the Present - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521663725 ISBN 13: 9780521663724

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Volume 4 covers the period from World War II to the present and examines the end of European colonial empires, the emergence of political structures of the independent states, economic and social change, religious change in contemporary Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia's role and identity in decolonization, and the ongoing weakening of links with the West.

About this title

Book Description:

In these four volumes, now published in paperback, twenty-two scholars of international reputation consider the whole of mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. Volume 4 covers the period from World War II to the present and examines the end of European colonial empires, the emergence of political structures of the independent states, economic and social change, religious change in contemporary Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia's role and identity in decolonisation, and the ongoing weakening of links with the West.

Review:

'... invaluable for historians wanting a broad picture of the region ... should also be of more general interest.' Danny Yee's Book Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521663725
• ISBN 13: 9780521663724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Tarling Nicholas