1st Edition

Imperialism in Southeast Asia

By Nicholas Tarling Copyright 2002
326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Imperialism in Southeast Asia examines its subject against a backdrop of those countries that could at a given time be called imperialist: Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands and the US. Examining the imperialist phenomenon from this wide-ranging perspective reveals imperialism as driven by rivalry; it also facilitates comparison: imperialism has elements in common, yet differs according to... Read more
Preface, List of abbreviations, Maps, PART I Definitions and chronologies, PART II Interventions and acquisitions, PART III Pacification and development, PART IV Departure and inheritance, Bibliographical essay, Index

Biography

Nicholas Tarling is a Fellow of the New Zealand Asia Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand.