New Terrains in Southeast Asian History

New Terrains in Southeast Asian History
ISBN-10
0896802280
ISBN-13
9780896802285
Category
History
Pages
419
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Authors
Abu Talib Ahmad, Liok Ee Tan

Description

Annotation Southeast Asian scholars may have special insights into their respective countries, but they are just as easily infected by political and didactic functions of their national histories as any historian. The editors (a professor and former professor with the School of Humanities, U. Sains Malaysia) present 15 papers in which Southeast Asian scholars turn a critical eye on their national historiographies. Five of the papers explore broad methodological issues, while others examine particular historiographic traditions from Burma (Myanmar), Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The final group consists of case studies of the application of new methodologies and understandings to particular historical events or periods. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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