Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction

Despite its extraordinary diversity of ethnicities, religions, and political systems, Southeast Asia plays a key role in global economies and geopolitics, especially in light of its strategic position bordering China and India.

James Rush is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University. He has served as Director of Arizona State University's Program for Southeast Asian Studies and as a consultant to The Asia Society, El Colegio de Mexico, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. He is the author and editor of several books, including Opium to Java: Revenue Farming and Chinese Enterprise in Colonial Indonesia, 1860-1910 and Java: A Travellers' Anthology.

List of illustrations
Introduction
1: What is Southeast Asia?
2: Kingdoms
3: Colonies
4: Nations
5: The past is in the present
References
Further reading
Index