History of Modern Southeast Asia:

From Empires to Independent States
Professor Bridget Welsh
Mondays, 10:15-12:15
Fall, 2002

Recommended Course Links



History of Southeast Asia - General Links

World History Archives University of Washington, Southeast Asia Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison Resource Page Political Resources Net - Political Overview
University of Redlands, Southeast Asia Resource Page Library of Congress -- Country Studies
Southeast Asia Web Historical Overview - Thailand1/ Thailand2
Susan Russell: Intro Political and Cultural Geography ASEAN Focus Group

Early Southeast Asia

General Overview -- Bartleby Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Coastal Cities: Widodo Gender Bibliography: Shackford-Bradley
Ceramic Trade Women in Pre-colonial Southeast Asia: Shackford-Bradley


Colonial Southeast Asia

General Overview -- Bartleby IIAS: Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia
Constance Wildon: Colonialism and Nationalism Chinese in Southeast Asia: Bibliography
Forms of Work in Southeast Asia Key Dates: Colonialism in Indonesia
  Economic History of Southeast Asia: Overview

Nationalism & Independence

Nationalism: Overview Cordillera in the Philippines: Ben Ried/
The Idea of Indonesia: Symon/Nationalism in Indonesia: Overview Decolonisation in Malaysia: Sek
Official View of the 1932 Coup/ Pridi in Thailand Library of Congress Country Studies
Nationalism in Vietnam: Overview NCGUB - Burmese History

 

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