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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451036403321

Autore

Tarling Nicholas.

Titolo

Nationalism in Southeast Asia : "if the people are with us" / / Nicholas Tarling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-31273-3

1-280-06209-6

0-203-33024-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 26

Disciplina

320.54/0959

Soggetti

Nationalism - Southeast Asia - History

Electronic books.

Southeast Asia History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Nationalism in Southeast Asia: 'If the people are with us'; Copyright; Contents; Part I Definitions and chronologies; 1 Definitions; 2 Chronologies; Part II Colonial states; 3 Construction; 4 Nationalist movements; 5 Invasion and interregnum; Part III Nation-states; 6 Independence; 7 Popular sovereignty; 8 Challenges; Part IV Historiography; 9 History and heritage; Bibliographical note; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nationalism in Southeast Asia seeks a definition of nationalism through examining its role in the history of southeast Asia, a region rarely included in general books on the topic. By developing such a definition and testing it out, Tarling hopes at the same time to make a contribution to southeast Asian historiography and to limit its 'ghettoization'.Tarling considers the role of nationalism in the 'nation-building' of the post-colonial phase, and its relationship both with the democratic aspirations associated with the winning of independence and with the authoritarianism of