Nations and States in Southeast Asia

ISBN-13: 9780521625647 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 148 str.

Nicholas Tarling

Opis

This reflective and provocative book outlines the emergence of the nation-states of modern Southeast Asia. It considers various ways of looking at Southeast Asian history, combining narrative, analysis and discussion. The book's three sections give a broad historical overview of individual nation-states, reflect on significant problems in understanding Southeast Asia, and explore the current state of writing Southeast Asian history. This book reflects a lifetime's scholarship and will become a major interpretive synthesis of modern Southeast Asia.

Recenzje

'The study of nations, states, and nationalisms has taken on a particular urgency today … In spite of its importance, however, the emergence of modern nation-states in Asia has not been studied systematically in a historical and comparative way in the past … Nicholas Tarling's stimulating and cogent study therefore is a much welcome contribution to the literature on the nation-state, especially in the Southeast Asian context … Tarling's book : is a major comparative historical study of nations, states, and nationalism in the Southeast Asian context.' New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies

Spis treści

Preface; Part I. Present and Past: 1. Indonesia; 2. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei; 3. The Philippines; 4. Burma/Myanmar; 5. Vietnam; 6. Siam/Thailand; Part II. Problems and Policies: 7. Colonial and national frontiers; 8. Colonial authority; 9. The industrial revolution; 10. Parliamentary government and Southeast Asia; 11. Nationalism; 12. The Japanese; 13. Gaining independence; 14. Democratic institutions; 15. International factors in the winning of independence; 16. Armies; 17. Millenarianism; 18. Foreign policy; Part III. Period and Perspectives: 19. Time and place; 20. Septentrionalism.