A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads

A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day.

• Incorporates environmental, social, economic, and gender issues to tell a multi-dimensional story of Southeast Asian history from earliest times to the present
• Argues that while the region remains a highly diverse mix of religions, ethnicities, and political systems, it demands more attention for how it manages such diversity while being receptive to new ideas and technologies
• Demonstrates how Southeast Asia can offer alternatives to state-centric models of history more broadly

• 2016 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Textbook in the Humanities

Keywords:

Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia history, Asian history, Asian kingdoms, Buddhism, Islam, Khmer history, Burmese Vietnamese history, Cambodian history, Lao history, Thai history, Indonesia history, Malay history