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New perspectives on the history and historiography of Southeast Asia : continuing explorations / / edited by Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin and Kenneth R. Hall



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Titolo: New perspectives on the history and historiography of Southeast Asia : continuing explorations / / edited by Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin and Kenneth R. Hall Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
Disciplina: 959.0072
Soggetto geografico: Southeast Asia Historiography
Southeast Asia History
Altri autori: Aung-ThwinMichael  
HallKenneth R  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; New Perspectives on the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia; Copyright Page; Contents; Maps, tables, figures and illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin and Kenneth R. Hall; 2. John K. Whitmore's contribution to Vietnamese and Southeast Asian studies: Victor Lieberman; 3. A new/old look at "classical" and "post-classical" Southeast Asia/Burma: Michael Arthur Aung-Thwin; 4. Sojourning communities, ports-of-trade, and commercial networking in Southeast Asia's eastern regions, c. 1000-1400: Kenneth R. Hall
5. Chinese-style gunpowder weapons in Southeast Asia: focusing on archeological evidence: Sun Laichen6. To catch a tiger: the suppression of the Yang Yinglong Miao uprising (1587-1600) as a case study in Ming military and borderlands history: Kenneth M. Swope; 7. Maritime subversions and socio-political formations in Vietnamese history: a look from the marginal center (mien Trung): Charles Wheeler; 8. "1620," a cautionary tale: Michael Vickery; 9. The imported book trade and Confucian learning in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Vietnam: Li Tana
10. Literacy in early seventeenth-century Northern Vietnam: Keith W. Taylor11. The limping monk and the deaf king: peasant politics, subaltern agency, and the postcolonial predicament in colonial Burma: Maitrii Aung-Thwin; 12. The myths of the Tet Offensive: Edwin E. Moïse; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Using a unique ""old-new"" treatment, this book presents new perspectives on several important topics in Southeast Asian history and historiography. Based on original, primary research, it reinterprets and revises several long-held conventional views in the field, covering the period from the ""classical"" age to the twentieth century. Chapters share the approach to Southeast Asian history and historiography: namely, giving ""agency"" to Southeast Asia in all research, analysis, writing, and interpretation. The book honours John K. Whitmore, a senior historian in the field of Southea
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ISBN: 1-136-81963-0
1-283-15140-5
9786613151407
1-136-81964-9
0-203-83005-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789549803321
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Serie: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 68.