A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400–1830

Written by two expert and highly esteemed authors, this is the much-anticipated textbook on the early modern history of Southeast Asia.

Barbara Watson Andaya (Author), Leonard Y. Andaya (Author)

9780521681933, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 19 February 2015

376 pages, 29 b/w illus. 7 maps
24.7 x 17.4 x 1.7 cm, 0.75 kg

'The Andayas have done a magnificent service for programs seeking to expand their global history offerings and craft courses that will build on the world history survey to provide depth for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. The book's vivid narrative interweaves political, cultural and economic history, with the men and women who made that history at the core of the story, but the physical environment of seas and forests ever-present as a force as well. Each chronological chapter is clearly laid out in a structure that moves from the global context to Southeast Asia as a whole to various sub-regions, allowing students and other readers to examine this key part of the early modern world at a range of geographic scales. Instructors who are not themselves historians of Southeast Asia could easily use this overview to anchor a course as they explore new areas for teaching, and departments could use it as a model for how to redesign their course array into a more comparative, coherent and connected whole.' Merry Weisner-Hanks, Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Written by two experienced teachers with a long history of research, this textbook provides students with a detailed overview of developments in early modern Southeast Asia, when the region became tightly integrated into the world economy because of international demand for its unique forest and sea products. Proceeding chronologically, each chapter covers a specific time frame in which Southeast Asia is located in a global context. A discussion of general features that distinguish the period under discussion is followed by a detailed account of the various sub-regions. Students will be shown the ways in which local societies adapted to new religious and political ideas and responded to far-reaching economic changes. Particular attention is given to lesser-known societies that inhabited the seas, the forests, and the uplands, and to the role of the geographical environment in shaping the region's history. The authoritative yet accessible narrative features maps, illustrations, and timelines to support student learning. A major contribution to the field, this text is essential reading for students and specialists in Asian studies and early modern world history.

Acknowledgements
Note on spelling and measurements
Abbreviations
Introduction: conceptualizing an early modern history of Southeast Asia
1. Southeast Asia and the geographic environment
2. Antecedents of early modern societies, ca. 900–1400
3. Beginning of the early modern era, 1400–1511
4. Acceleration of change, 1511–1600
5. Expanding global links and their impact on Southeast Asia, 1600–1690s
6. New boundaries and changing regimes, 1690s–1780s
7. Early modern Southeast Asia, the last phase, 1780s–1830s
Conclusion: Southeast Asia and the early modern period
Glossary
Further readings
Index.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], Asian history [HBJF], General & world history [HBG]