Southeast category: 2400 books
Cold War Monks
Buddhism and America's Secret Strategy in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The groundbreaking account of U.S. clandestine efforts to use Southeast Asian Buddhism to advance Washington’s anticommunist goals during the Cold War
How did the U.S. government make use of a “Buddhist policy” in Southeast Asia during the Cold War despite the American principle that...
The Mekong
Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
**A “remarkable” history of the great river of Southeast Asia (**Jill Ker Conway, author of The Road from Coorain).
The Mekong River runs over nearly three thousand miles, beginning in the mountains of Tibet and flowing through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam before...
Nationalism in Southeast Asia
If the People Are with Us
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Nationalism in Southeast Asia seeks a definition of nationalism through examining its role in the history of southeast Asia, a region rarely included in general books on the topic. By developing such a definition and testing it out, Tarling hopes at the same time to make a contribution to southeast...
The Cold War and National Assertion in Southeast Asia
Britain, the United States and Burma, 1948–1962
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
This book charts British and American approaches to Burma between the country’s independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 and the military coup that ended civilian government in 1962. It analyses the fundamental drivers of Anglo-American policy-making during this crucial period – assumptions,...
The Geography of Southeast Asia
A Scholarly Bibliography and Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
In The Geography of Southeast Asia, Rumney discusses an area that has long been of interest to geographers and other academics. As interest in Southeast Asia has grown, particularly over the past forty years, the volume and variety of scholarly publications on the varied geographical aspects of the...
Hot Sour Salty Sweet
A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2000
Luminous at dawn and dusk, the Mekong is a river road, a vibrant artery that defines a vast and fascinating region. Here, along the world's tenth largest river, which rises in Tibet and joins the sea in Vietnam, traditions mingle and exquisite food prevails.
Award-winning authors Jeffrey Alford...
A History of Early Southeast Asia
Maritime Trade and Societal Development, 100–1500
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
This comprehensive history provides a fresh interpretation of Southeast Asia from 100 to 1500, when major social and economic developments foundational to modern societies took place on the mainland (Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) and the island world (Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines)....
by Dougald J.W. O'Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2006
Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia presents a fascinating synthesis of research on the prehistoric societies of mainland Southeast Asia. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, both old and new, Dougald O'Reilly provides a general picture of the events that shaped the region in ancient...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2004
This book examines the institutional changes taking place in, and challenges facing, the region since 1997. It also describes various differences in the reform process between countries in the region. Sjöholm and Tongzon argue that the economies of southeast Asia need to reform their institutions...
by Jane Whitten
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
This illustrated nature guide provides extensive information on the many diverse animals in Southeast Asia.
The Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia lie within one of the most biologically rich regions on Earth. Glaciers, extensive swamps, savanna, grassy plains, tall...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2013
The volume describes the formulation of policies and decisions that completed the US withdrawal from Vietnam and shifted the burden of combat to the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. Using the sources to which he had access, Mr. Willard J. Webb completed a manuscript soon after the war ended. Since...
The Return of the Galon King
History, Law, and Rebellion in Colonial Burma
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
In late 1930, on a secluded mountain overlooking the rural paddy fields of British Burma, a peasant leader named Saya San crowned himself King and inaugurated a series of uprisings that would later erupt into one of the largest anti-colonial rebellions in Southeast Asian history. Considered an imposter...
Walking to Singapore
A Year off the Beaten Path in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2000
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Southeast Asia is a world filled with mystery and intrigue, and one that doesn't give up its secrets easilyas the author and his wife soon found out! Walking To Singapore is an often hilarious,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
By exploring themes of fragility, mobility and turmoil, anxieties and agency, and pedagogy, this book shows how colonialism shaped postcolonial projects in South and Southeast Asia including India, Pakistan, Burma, and Indonesia. Its chapters unearth the contingency and contention that accompanied...