A balanced, accessible, and authoritative account of the history of Southeast Asia from ancient to contemporary times.

Table of Contents

• Preface to the Seventh Edition
• PART ONE: CULTURAL HERITAGE
• Preface
• 1 The Land and Its People
• 2 Early Kingdoms in Mainland Southeast Asia
• 3 Early Kingdoms of Sumatra and Java
• 4 The Rise of New States: Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca
• 5 European Intrusion in the Indian Archipelago: The Early Phase
• 6 Mainland Southeast Asia: The Consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
• Part One Review
• PART TWO: COLONIAL INTERLUDE
• Preface
• 7 The English and Dutch in the East Indies
• 8 The British Role in the Malay States in the Nineteenth Century
• 9 Pride and Paramountcy: Anglo-Burmese Relations in the Nineteenth Century
• 10 The French in Vietnam and Cambodia
• 11 Thailand Remains Independent
• Part Two Review
• PART THREE: NATIONALIST RESPONSE
• Preface
• 12 Nationalist Movements in Southeast Asia: General
• 13 The Filipino Urge for Freedom from Spanish and US Rule
• 14 The Nationalist Movements: Indonesia
• 15 The Nationalist Movements: Myanmar
• 16 Thailand's Constitutional Revolution
• 17 The Nationalist Movements: Vietnam
• 18 The Nationalist Movements: Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos
• Part Three Review
• PART FOUR: FRUITS OF FREEDOM
• Preface
• 19 Independent Philippines
• 20 Myanmar: Toward Integration and Democracy
• 21 Thailand: Independence at Any Price
• 22 Indonesia: Unity amid Diversity
• 23 East Timor: Birth of a Nation
• 24 Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei
• 25 Nationalism and Communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
• 26 Vietnam and Cambodia Under Communism
• 27 Tsunami, Cyclone, and Terrorism in Southeast Asia
• Part Four Review
• Chronological Charts
• Bibliography
• Notes