Southeast Asian History Essential Readings [Paperback]

Designed to stand on its own, or to accompany the seventh edition of D. R. SarDesai's Southeast Asia: Past and Present,this updated reader includes classic and recent works on the history of Southeast Asia. SarDesai has selected literary and historical writings that address crucial controversies in the region of Southeast Asia. The readings are organized in four sections (Cultural Heritage, Colonial Interlude, Nationalist Response, and the Fruits of Freedom) and cover the entire range of Southeast Asian history from ancient to contemporary times. Geographically, the book includes Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.The revised second edition retains the most popular readings from the first edition, while replacing some of the historical chapters, updating the contemporary and recent coverage, and adding new readings to pertinent subject areas. Southeast Asian History: Essential Readingsprovides valuable context and critical background to events of this region.PART I: CULTURAL HERITAGE 1. The Indianization of Southeast Asia, Ian W. Mabbett 2. Foreign Influences and the Vietnamese Cultural Core, John K. Whitmore 3. State and Kingship in Southeast Asia, Robert Heine-Geldern 4. The Trung Sisters in the Literature of Later Centuries, Keith Weller Taylor 5. Some Travelers from China in Southeast Asia, Fa-hsien, Chau Ju-kua, and Marco Polo 6. Interstate Relations in Java, Pararaton 7. Protocol at the Malaccan Court, Sejarah Melayu PART II: THE COLONIAL INTERLUDE 8. The Position of the Native Regents, Bertrand Johannes Shrieke 9. The Philippines Before the Spanish Conquest, Miguel de Loarca 10. The Hispanization of the Philippines, John Leddy Phelan 11. Javanese Aristocracy and the Dutch, Raden Adjeng Kartini PART III: NATIONALIST RESPONSE 12. Mi Ultimo Adios, Jose Rizal 13. Theses on Nationalism and Colonialism, V. I. Lenin 14. Vietnam's Declaration of Independenl³„