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 (Myanmar), 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. Southeast Asia -- History
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