The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: Volume One, Part One, from Early Times to c.1500

ISBN 10: 0521663695 / ISBN 13: 9780521663694

Published by Cambridge University Press January 2000, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: Volume One, Part One, from Early Times to c.1500
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press January 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521663695
• ISBN 13: 9780521663694
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

In these four volumes, now published in paperback, twenty-one scholars of international reputation consider the whole of mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. Volume 1 charts Southeast Asia's beginnings, from prehistory to c. 1500. Accounts are given of Southeast Asia's early development, based on archaeological and anthropological evidence; the establishment of kingdoms such as Sri Vijaya, Champa, Angkor, Pagan, and of the Vietnamese state; and the period's economic history, religions and popular beliefs.

Review

"...a volume that conveys, in a powerfully provocative manner, the great sweep of the region's historical experience. It also conveys the excitement of being at the frontier of research, confirming that much of the most innovative and impressive work now being undertaken in the history of South-East Asia is on these earlier periods." Times Literary Supplement