In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern HistoryDavid Joel Steinberg In Search of Southeast Asia explores the creative process by which Southeast Asians have been adapting their cultures to a world in change. Influences such as climate and ecology, science and technology are linked to the economic, social, political, and cultural dimensions of Southeast Asia's modern transformation. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The EighteenthCentury World | 9 |
The Peasant World | 11 |
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References to this book
The Newly Industrialising Economies of East Asia Anis Chowdhury,Iyanatul Islam No preview available - 1993 |