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Title Explorations in early Southeast Asian history : the origins of Southeast Asian statecraft / edited by Kenneth R. Hall and John K. Whitmore.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 1976.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 358 pages).
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Series Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia ; no. 11
Michigan papers on South and Southeast Asia ; no. 11.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 343-358.
Summary While following the probes of foreign individuals into various obscure parts of Southeast Asia over the centuries is a diverting and entertaining pastime, the purpose of this volume is to investigate this past with the mind, to question and postulate upon the historical patterns that have developed from earlier study of the area, and to bring concepts from other areas and disciplines to bear on the existing information. The product of this effort, as it is encompassed in this volume, is not an attempt at the definitive study of any of the topics. It is rather a series of speculations on the directions feasible for the further study of the Southeast Asian past. As such, the answers proposed in these essays are really questions. Are the ideas presented here true within the specific historical contexts for which they have been developed? If so, can we use these ideas, or variations of them, to interpret the history of other parts of Southeast Asia? If not, what other ideas may be brought to bear on these situations in order to understand them? The ultimate aim of this volume is thus a challenge to the profession at large not only to criticize what we have done, but also to go beyond our postulations and create new ones. [xi].
Funding Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities
Note Description based on information from the publisher.
Contents Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps and Charts -- The Authors -- Foreword -- Symbols Used in the Notes -- An introductory Essay on Southeast Asian Statecraft in the Classical Period -- Madagascar in the Ancient Malayo-Polynesian Myths -- State and Statecraft in Early Srivijaya -- Devarja Cult and Khmer Kingship at Angkor -- The Rise of Ði Viêt and the Establishment of Thang-Lng -- Note: The Vietnamese Confucian Scholar's View of His Country's Early History -- Kingship, the Sagha, and Society in Pagan
The Devolution of Kingship in Twelfth Century Ceylon -- Southeast Asian Trade and the Isthmian Struggle, 1000-1200 A.D. -- Appendix -- Southeast asia to 1300: A Course Outline and List of Suggested Readings
Subject Southeast Asia -- Politics and government.
Southeast Asia -- History.
Asie du Sud-Est -- Politique et gouvernement.
Asie du Sud-Est -- Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Politics and government
Southeast Asia
Genre/Form History
Added Author Hall, Kenneth R., editor.
Whitmore, John K., editor.
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.
Other Form: Print version: Hall, Kenneth R. Explorations in Early Southeast Asian History : The Origins of Southeast Asian Statecraft Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, Center for South & Southeast Asian Studies,c1976 9780891480112
ISBN 9780472127993 electronic book
0472127993
9780472901951 open access
0472901958
9780891480112 paper
Standard No. 10.3998/mpub.19404 doi
AU@ 000068133025

 
    
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