1st Edition

Nationalism in Southeast Asia If the People Are with Us

By Nicholas Tarling Copyright 2004
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Nationalism in Southeast Asia seeks a definition of nationalism through examining its role in the history of southeast Asia, a region rarely included in general books on the topic. By developing such a definition and testing it out, Tarling hopes at the same time to make a contribution to southeast Asian historiography and to limit its 'ghettoization'. Tarling considers the role of nationalism... Read more
Part 1 Definitions and Chronologies 1. Definitions 2. Chronologies Part 2 Colonial States 3. Construction 4. Nationalist Movements 5. Invasion and Interregnum Part 3 Nation-States 6. Independence 7. Popular Sovereignty 8. Challenges Part 4 Historiography 9. History and Heritage Bibliographical Note Index

Biography

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