1200 "A tour de force...one of the best histories of pre-colonial Southeast Asia I have ever read. Theoretically provocative, this ambitious and highly original work will challenge how we understand ...
Such attitudes were still evident in the independence movements that exploded after the surrender of the Japanese, who occupied most of Southeast Asia between 1942 and 1945. The end of World War II ...
The modern borders created by colonial powers—for instance ... communities or “traditionalists” who maintained older pre-Islamic customs. Europeans eventually colonized all Southeast Asia except for ...
It will enhance Prof. Li's reputation as one of the most original scholars ever to have worked in pre-colonial Southeast Asia history.’ Victor Lieberman, University of Michigan ‘This brilliantly ...