The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia [Paperback]

Volume 2, part 1 of this four-volume set charts the establishment of the colonial r?gimes during the period c. 1800 to 1930.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 3 charts the establishment of the colonial régimes during the period c. 1800 to 1930 and defines this period as one of intensified European penetration, political consolidation by the dominant states, and economic transformation. Anti-classical and nationalist movements are discussed.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 3 charts the establishment of the colonial régimes during the period c. 1800 to 1930 and defines this period as one of intensified European penetration, political consolidation by the dominant states, and economic transformation. Anti-classical and nationalist movements are discussed.Volume 3 charts the establishment of the colonial régimes during the period c. 1800 to 1930 and defines this period as one of intensified European penetration, political consolidation by the dominant states, and economic transformation. Anti-classical and nationalist movements are discussed.1. The establishment of the colonial r?gimes Nicholas Tarling; 2. Political structures in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Carl A. Trocki; 3. International commerce, the state and society: economic and social change Robert E. Elson; 4. Religion and anti-colonial movements Reynaldo Ileto; 5. Nationalism and modernist reform Paul Kratoska and Ben Batson.'& invaluable for historians wanting a broad picture of the region & should also be of more general interest.' Danny Yee's Book Reviews