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By Arthur Cotterell

ISBN-10: 981436102X

ISBN-13: 9789814361026

A background of Southeast Asia narrates the background of the sector from earliest recorded occasions till this present day, protecting present-day Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, Indonesia and East Timor. Concisely written and jam-packed with old anecdotes of key participants and occasions, this authoritative quantity is gifted in 3 elements, overlaying either mainland and maritime Southeast Asia:

Part 1 – Early Southeast Asia (the earliest civilisations)

Part 2 – past due Southeast Asia (including the colonial period)

Part three – sleek Southeast Asia (the present-day period, following the Pacific measurement of the second one World)

Superbly supported by means of over 2 hundred illustrations, pictures and maps, this quantity offers genuine perception into one of many world’s so much special yet complex areas, at a time whilst Asian nations are commencing to set the velocity within the worldwide economy.

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