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Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Keywords: southeast, asia, asian, institute, studies, social, banking, islamic, issues
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 1988-12-31
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ISBN-10: 9971988984
ISBN-13: 9789971988982
Author: Laurie J. Sears
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Keywords: asian, southeast, studies, dialogues, subjects, knowing, critical
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2007-05-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0295986832
ISBN-13: 9780295986838
The essays in Knowing Southeast Asian Subjects ask how the rising preponderance of scholarship from Southeast Asia is de-centering Southeast Asian area studies in the United States. The contributions address recent transformations within the field and new directions for research, pedagogy, and institutional cooperation. Contributions from the perspectives of history, anthropology, cultural studies, political theory, and libraries pose questions ranging from how a concern with postcolonial and feminist questions of identity might reorient the field to how anthropological work on civil society
Author: Nora A. Taylor
Publisher: Cornell Univ Southeast Asia
Keywords: studies, southeast, connor, volume, stanley, asia, essays, asian, art, honor
Number of Pages: 243
Published: 2000-01
List price: $43.00
ISBN-10: 0877277281
ISBN-13: 9780877277286
This wide-ranging collection of essays examines the arts of Southeast Asia in context. Contributors study the creation, use, and local significance of works of art, illuminating the many complex links between an object’s aesthetic qualities and its origins in a community.
Authors:Elizabeth A. Bacus, Ian C. Glover, Vincent Piggot,
Publisher: University of Hawaii Pre
Keywords: southeast, european, association, archaeologists, conference, asian, papers, asia, past, selected, uncovering, international
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2007-01-01
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ISBN-10: 9971693518
ISBN-13: 9789971693510
The 36 chapters in this collection have been selected to give an overview of recent research into prehistoric and early historic archaeology in Southeast Asia. In the first chapter, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindorn of Thailand comments on the significance of the inscriptions from the important Khmer temple, Prasat Phnom Rung in northeastern Thailand. Following this, Professor Charles Higham gives an original and insightful survey of the prehistoric threads linking south China and the countries of modern Southeast Asia. The authors in this book include both senior academics and
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Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,Singapore
Keywords: asia, southeast, society, civil
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2004-12-31
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ISBN-10: 9812302573
ISBN-13: 9789812302571
Author: D.R. Sardesai
Publisher: Westview Pre
Keywords: present, past, asia, southeast
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2009-07-28
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0813344344
ISBN-13: 9780813344348
Southeast Asia: Past and Present offers a balanced and readable account of the region from ancient to modern times, covering traditional history as well as current events. D. R. SarDesai avoids overemphasizing the importance of the period of European colonial rule as he introduces us to the regions and peoples of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Readers will find the new introductions to each part a helpful aid in understanding the global and political implications of the events discussed. The sixth edition is
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: part, asia, southeast, history, cambridge
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2000-01-28
List price: $37.99
ISBN-10: 0521663709
ISBN-13: 9780521663700
Volume 2 discusses Southeast Asia’s interaction with foreign countries during the period c. 1500 to c. 1800. Of specific interest is increased trade with China, India and Europe. The spread of Islam and Christianity in the period is shown to change Southeast Asia dramatically. A concluding chapter deals with the transitional nature of the late eighteenth century.
