A history of South-east Asia : D.G.E. Hall

Author(s): Hall, D.G.E.

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Main Title
A history of South-east Asia
Author(s)
Hall, D.G.E.
Publisher
London : Palgrave Macmillan, 1981
Collation
xxx, 1070 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations
22 cm
ISBN
9780333241646
Dewey Class
959
Contents
Part I: To the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century. 1. The Peopling of South-East Asia -- 2. South-East Asian Proto-History -- (a) The spread of Indian influence -- (b) The earliest states; Funan, the Lin-yi -- (c) The period of the earliest inscriptions -- (d) Hinduism in South-East Asia -- (e) Buddhism in South-East Asia -- 3. The Island Empires (1) -- (a) The emergence of Srivijaya; the Sailendras -- (b) Javanese life in the eighth and ninth centuries -- (c) The greatness and decline of Srivijaya -- 4. The Island Empires (2) -- (a) Java to the Mongol Invasion of 1293 -- (b) Majapahit, 1293-c. 1520 -- 5. The Khmers and Angkor -- (a) The Khmer kingdom of Cambodia to 1001 -- (b) From 1001 to the abandonment of Angkor in 1432 -- (c) The economic basis of Khmer civilization -- (d) Cambodia from 1444 to the Siamese conquest in 1594 -- 6. Burma and Arakan -- (a) The pre-Pagan period -- (b) The empire of Pagan, 1044-1287 -- (c) From the Mongol conquest of Pagan (1287) to the Shan sack of Ava (1527) -- 7. Early Siam : Mons and T'ai -- (a) The Mon Kingdom of Dvaravati -- (b) The T'ai Kingdoms, and Sukhothai Ayut'ia -- 8. The Kingdom of Champa -- 9. Annam and Tongking -- 10. Malacca and the Spread of Islam -- 11. The Economy of South-East Asia Before the Beginning of the European Impact -- 12. Monarchy and the State in South-East Asia -- 13. The Coming of the European --
Part II. South-East Asia from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the End of the Eighteenth. 14. The Portuguese and Spaniards in South-East Asia -- (a) The Portuguese -- (b) The Spaniards in the Philippines -- (c) Spanish intervention in Cambodia -- 15. Burma and the T'ai Kingdoms in the Sixteenth Century -- (a) To 1570 -- (b) From 1570 to 1599 -- 16. Indonesia from the Passing of Majapahit to the Rise of Mataram -- (a) The Indonesian States -- (b) The Anglo-Dutch assault on the 'ring fence' -- (c) The Anglo-Dutch struggle for the spice trade -- 17. Mataram and the Expansion of the V.O.C., 1623-84 -- 18. The Zenith and Decline of the V.O.C., 1684-1799 -- 19. The Malay Powers from the Fall of Malacca (1511) to the End of the Eighteenth Century -- 20. Siam and the European Powers in the Seventeenth Century -- 21. Burma under the Restored Toungoo Dynasty, 1600-1752 -- 22. The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Mrohaugn in Arakan -- 23. The Beginnings of the Konbaung Dynasty in Burma, 1752-82 -- 24. Annam and Tongking, 1620-1820 -- (a) The struggle of Trinh and Nguyen, 1620-1777 -- (b) The establishment of the Nguyen empire of Cochin China, Annam and Tongking, 1777-1820 -- 25. The Rape of Cambodia -- 26. The Kingdom of Laos, 1591-1836 -- 27. Siam from 1688 to 1851 --
Part III. The Period of European Territorial Expansion. 28. The Javanese in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries / Dr. M. C. Ricklefs -- 29. Indonesia from the Fall of the V.O.C. to the Recall of Raffles, 1799-1816 -- 30. British Beginnings in Malaya : Background to Singapore -- 31. The Straits Settlements and Borneo, 1786-1867 -- (a) From the acquisition of Penang to the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 -- (b) The Straits Settlements from 1824 to 1867 -- (c) Borneo to 1839 -- (d) Piracy and the work of Raja James Brooke -- 32. The Restored Dutch Regime in Indonesia and the Culture System, 1816-48 -- 33. The British Forward Movement in Malaya and Borneo -- 34. The Dutch Forward Movement in Indonesia -- 35. The Reign of Bodawpaya and the First Anglo-Burmese War, 1782-1826 -- 36. Burma from the Treaty of Yandabo to the Creation of the Province of British Burma, 1826-62 -- 37. The Last Days of the Konbaung Dynasty at Mandalay, 1862-85 -- 38. Vietnam and the Beginnings of French Expansion in Indo-China, 1820-70 -- 39. The Second Stage of French Expansion in Indo-China, 1870-1900 -- 40. Siam under Mongkut and Chulalongkorn, 1851-1910 -- 41. Britain, France and the Siamese Question -- (a) Luang Prabang -- (b) The Mekong question -- (c) Paknam and after --
Part IV. Nationalism and the Challenge to European Domination. 42. The Philippines to the End of Spanish Rule -- 43. The Resurgence of South-East Asia -- 44. British Burma, 1886-1942 -- 45. The Dutch "New Course" and Nationalism in Indonesia, 1900-42 -- 46. French Administration and Nationalism in Indo-China -- 47. The United States and Filipino Nationalism -- 48. The Economic Aspect of European Domination -- (a) British Burma -- (b) French Indo-China -- (c) The Netherlands Indies -- (d) Malaya -- 49. Siam in Transition, 1910-42 -- 50. The Japanese Impact -- 51. After the war, 1945-50 -- (a) Malaya -- (b) Burma -- (c) French Indo-China -- (d) Indonesia -- (e) Siam -- (f) The Philippines -- 52. Independence -- (a) General Questions -- (b) Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos -- (c) Malaysia and Singapore -- (d) Indonesia -- (e) The Union of Burma -- (f) Thailand -- (g) The Philippines --
Appendix: Dynastic lists, with governors and governors-general -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Language
English
Subject
Southeast Asia -- History.
BRN
549

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