Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Waterways From Early Settlement to the First Maritime Kingdoms 2. Monumental Land-Based Kingdoms 3. Southeast Asia's Religions 4. Southeast Asia as a Crossroads Relations with China and European Advances 5. The Colonial Map of Southeast Asia 6. War, Independence and Cold War 7. Recent Decades Development and Democracy Glossary Bibliography Illustration and Text Credits Index

About the Author

Mary Somers Heidhues is the author of numerous publications on the history and politics of Southeast Asia.

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