What is southeast Asia? -- The 'Classical' background to modern southeast Asian history -- Courts, kings and peasants: southeast Asia before the European impact -- Minorities and slaves: the outsiders in traditional southeast Asia -- The European advance and challenge -- Economic transformation -- The Asian immigrants in southeast Asia -- The years of illusion: southeast Asia between the wars, 1918-1941 -- The Second World War in southeast Asia -- Revolution and revolt: Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaya and the Philippines -- Other paths to independence -- An end to post-colonial settlements, and beyond I: Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos -- An end to post-colonial settlements, and beyond II: Burma, Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines and the Thai exception -- The challenges of independence in southeast Asia -- Southeast Asia's modern history: an overview of the present and the recent past

1. Southeas Asia -- History