Synopses & Reviews
Volume 2 discusses Southeast Asia's interaction with foreign countries during the period c. 1500 to c. 1800. Of specific interest is increased trade with China, India and Europe. The spread of Islam and Christianity in the period is shown to change Southeast Asia dramatically. A concluding chapter deals with the transitional nature of the late eighteenth century.
Review
'... invaluable for historians wanting a broad picture of the region ... should also be of more general interest.' Danny Yee's Book Reviews
Synopsis
Volume 2 discusses Southeast Asia's interaction with foreign countries during the period c. 1500 to c. 1800.
Table of Contents
6. Interactions with the outside world and adaptation in Southeast Asian society, 1500-1800 Leonard Y. Andaya; 7. Political development between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries Barbara Watson Andaya; 8. Economic and social change, c. 1400-1800 Anthony Reid; 9. Religious developments in Southeast Asia, c. 1500-1800 Barbara Watson Andaya and Yoneo Ishii; 10. The age of transition: the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries J. Kathirithamby-Wells.