Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor

Keat Gin Ooi

ABC-CLIO, 2004 - History - 1791 pages

An in-depth, historical encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, with coverage from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region.

Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timor is the premier and authoritative reference work covering the history of the region, which consists of Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, and East Timor. Organized in a user-friendly, A-Z format, with entries ranging from brief descriptions to expansive essays, this comprehensive, pioneering three-volume work covers archaeology and prehistory, politics and culture, socioeconomics, ethno-history, language, institutions and organizations, wars and conflicts, personalities, geography, religions and folklore, and environment.

A list of the book's 130 contributors reads like a "who's who" of renowned Southeast Asianists, including Barbara Watson Andaya, David Chandler, John Gullick, V. T. King, Milton Osborne, Anthony Reid, Nicholas Tarling, Robert H. Taylor, Anthony Milner, Wang Gungwu, and many others. Writing for a nonspecialist audience, their work presents impeccable scholarship and incisive analysis in a style that is both informative and captivating.

* Over 800 A-Z entries covering a wide range of diverse historical topics from the Bataan Death March to the Ramayana

* Contributions from an international panel of over 130 scholars

* Illustrations, maps, and photographs that are informative, critical, and up to date

* A chronology, bibliography, and index complete the coverage

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Contents

• A: 111
• B: 197
• C: 305
• D: 397
• E: 445
• F: 499
• G: 533
• H: 559
• I: 623
• J: 677
• K: 703
• L: 755
• M: 803
• N: 929
• O: 989
• P: 1007
• Q: 1115
• R: 1121
• S: 1163
• T: 1291
• U: 1359
• V: 1379
• W: 1415
• Y: 1431
• z: 1443
• Maps: 1445
• Country Fact Tables: 1475
• TOPIC FINDERS: 1483
• CHRONOLOGY: 1495
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1541
• ADVISORY BOARD: 1631
• CONTRIBUTORS AND THEIR ENTRIES: 1633
• INDEX: 1649
• ABOUT THE EDITOR: 1791

Popular passages

Page 186 - The Foreign Ministers reaffirmed ASEAN's determination to pursue efforts towards the realization of the Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) in Southeast Asia, while recognizing that the Kampuchean problem remains an obstacle to the attainment of this objective. They recalled the mandate of the Senior Officials and the Working Group on ZOPFAN to continue with the consideration of the concept of a Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (SEANWFZ) as a component...

Page 138 - National Organization (UMNO), the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA), and the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC).

Page 135 - Rakryan mahamantri i hino. A study on the highest court dignitary of Ancient Java up to the 13th century AD Journal of the Historical Society, University of Singapore, 1967/1968, 10.

Page 161 - I am sure our reputation on the Continent, as a feature of strength, power, and confidence, is of more real moment to us than an acquisition thus made.

Page 157 - Lord Dalhousie begins with a claim on the Burmese for less than a thousand pounds ; which is followed by the additional demand of an apology from the Governor of Rangoon for the insult offered to our officers ; next, his terms are raised to one hundred thousand pounds, and an apology from the King's ministers ; then follows the invasion of the Burmese territory; when, suddenly, all demands for pecuniary compensation and apologies cease, and his Lordship is willing to accept the cession of Pegu as...

Page 159 - The interest of the king of England is to keep France from being too great on the continent ; and the French interest is to keep us from being masters of the sea. — The French have pursued their interest well.

About the author

Ooi Keat Gin, PhD, is associate professor of history and coordinator of the Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU) of the School of Humanities at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor; Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, Keat Gin Ooi
• Editor: Keat Gin Ooi
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2004
• ISBN: 1576077705, 9781576077702
• Length: 1791 pages
• Subjects: History / World; Reference / General