The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia

Volume 1, Part 1, from Early Times to C.1500
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-66369-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

In these four volumes, now published in paperback, twenty-two scholars of international reputation consider the whole of mainland and island Southeast Asia from Burma to Indonesia. Each volume has a new preface which points to the relationships with the other volumes. The prefaces also comment on some of the research into and thinking about the subject undertaken since the original contributions were completed for the first edition. Volume 1 charts Southeast Asia's beginnings, from prehistory to c. 1500. Accounts are given of Southeast Asia's early development, based on archaeological and anthropological evidence; the establishment of kingdoms such as Sri Vijaya, Champa, Angkor, Pagan, and of the Vietnamese state; and the period's economic history, religions and popular beliefs. The volume also includes an essay on the historiography of Southeast Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tarling, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The writing of Southeast Asian history J. D. Legge; 2. Southeast Asia before history Peter Bellwood; 3. The early kingdoms Keith W. Taylor; 4. Economic history of Southeast Asia Kenneth R. Hall; 5. Religion and popular beliefs of Southeast Asia before c. 1500 J. G. De Casparis and I. W. Mabbett.