The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia [Paperback]

Volume 1, part 2 discusses Southeast Asia's interaction with foreign countries during the period c.1500 to c.1800.In these four volumes, now published in paperback, twenty-two scholars of international reputation consider the whole of mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. 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.In these four volumes, now published in paperback, twenty-two scholars of international reputation consider the whole of mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. 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.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.6. Interactions with the outside world and adaptation in Southeast Asian society, 15001800 Leonard Y. Andaya; 7. Political development between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries Barbara Watson Andaya; 8. Economic and social change, c.14001800 Anthony Reid; 9. Religious developments in Southeast Asia, c.15001800 Barbara Watson Andaya and Yoneo Ishii; 10. The age of transition: the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth lƒ!