Book Size: 5" x 7.75"
Imprint: Interlink Books
Illustrations: b&w illustrations , maps
Release date: 09/15/14Category: Travel/Travel Literature
A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia
By J.M. Barwise & N.J. White$ 14.95
About this book
From the early Christian era in Europe, Southeast Asia was known as the "Land of Gold."å It is a region blessed with a rich diversity of cultures, peoples, and scenery. A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia is a lucid and concise introduction to the histories of the modern states of Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, and East Timor, providing an essential guide for both tourists and the general reader. It spans the history of the region from "Java Man"å some one million years ago, to the development of the high-tech, skyscraper cities of the new millennium, all the way to the present time. Following chapters on the physical environment and the earliest human history of Southeast Asia, the authors carry the reader through the classical kingdoms that produced such architectural marvels as Borobudur in Java and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The book further explores Southeast Asia's growing trade with the outside world from 1500 culminating in colonization by the European imperial powers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The struggles for independence in the last century- which made the modern nations of the region- are discussed in detail, as are the dramatic and tragic events of the post-independence era such as the Vietnam War and the Cambodia genocide. The remarkable successes and failings of the region's recent economic development are highlighted in the final chapter. Above all, A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia shows how the region's soul has been preserved against tremendous external pressures.Brand: J.M. Barwise
About the Author
Nicholas J. White is a lecturer in economic and social history at Liverpool John Moores University. His doctorate was on the subject of decolonization in Malaysia. He is the author of Business, Government, and the End of Empire: Malaya 1942-1957 (Oxford University Press).
b&w illustrations , maps
5"å x 7 3/4"å
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"The various authors of The Traveller's Histories not only manage to condense the history and culture of a country into a portable paperback, they do it with wit and style." -A Common Reader * "…an excellent series of brief histories."-The New York Times * "Ideal before-you-go reading." -The Daily Telegraph