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In the Ruins of Empire
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 16.00The New York Times said of Ronald H. Spector?s classic account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, ?No future book on the Pacific War will be written without paying due tribute to Eagle Against the Sun.? Now Spector has returned with a book that is even more revealing. I n the Ruins of Empire chronicles the startling aftermath... more...
Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 65.00This comprehensive Dictionary provides descriptive and analytical coverage of the turbulent political history and striking changes which have occurred both regionally and in key countries since the end of the Second World War. Substantially rewritten to take into account the dramatic political events and developments since 1995, the third edition... more...
The 2nd ASEAN Reader
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2003; US$ 98.90The Second ASEAN Reader is a sequel to the first ASEAN Reader, published by ISEAS in 1992. Some of the classic readings from the original ASEAN Reader have been incorporated into this new compilation, but the majority of the readings cover the events from to19932003. During this decade ASEAN as an organization was revamped, and its membership... more...
Creating "Greater Malaysia"
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2008; US$ 74.90This book offers an in-depth and detailed analysis of the political processes that led to formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. It argues that the Malaysia that came into being following the amalgamation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo was a political creation whose only rationale was that it served a convergence of political... more...
Know Your ASEAN
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2010; US$ 12.00Know Your ASEAN sets down, in clear and simple language, the basic facts about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It does so in the form of 40 questions and their answers. This is the second edition of the booklet that was among the contributions of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies to the observance of the 40th anniversary of ASEAN?s... more...
Tiger auf dem Sprung
Campus Verlag 2008; US$ 22.64Hauptbeschreibung Die politischen, wirtschaftlichen, geschichtlichen Verbindungen der südostasiatischen Länder untereinander, aber auch zu Indien und China, sind intensiv. Sie zu kennen ist für das Verständnis des asiatischen Wirtschaftsraums, aber auch jedes einzelnen asiatischen Landes unerlässlich. Karl Pilny bietet eine spannende und kenntnisreiche... more...
The Myth of the Lazy Native
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95The Myth of the Lazy Native is Syed Hussein Alatas? widely acknowledged critique of the colonial construction of Malay, Filipino and Javanese natives from the 16 th to the 20 th century. Drawing on the work of Karl Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge, Alatas analyses the origins and functions of such myths in the creation and reinforcement... more...
Southeast Asian Minorities in the Wartime Japanese Empire
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95The Japanese invasion and occupation of southeast Asia provided opportunities for the peoples of the region to pursue a wide range of agendas that had little to do with the larger issues which drove the conflict between Japan and the allies. This book explores how the occupation affected various minority groups in the region. It shows, for example,... more...
Strange Parallels: Volume 1, Integration on the Mainland
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 30.00Lieberman argues that over a thousand years, each of mainland Southeast Asia's great lowland corridors experienced a pattern of accelerating integration punctuated by recurrent collapse. These trajectories were synchronized not only between corridors but, most curiously, between the mainland as a whole, much of Europe, and other sectors of Eurasia. more...
Southeast Asia
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 285.00This reference work explores the history of the region that consists of Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Phillippines and East Timor. It covers topics including archaeology and prehistory and politics and culture. more...









