Southeast Asia 48

The states of Indochina had been French colonies or protectorates since the 19th century. However, in March 1945 the Japanese interned all French troops and officials, and turned over all civil gove……続きを見る

The French Indochina War (1946–54) was the largest of the first generation of post-World War II wars of decolonization as Vietminh insurgents sought to topple their French colonial masters. It was a……続きを見る

《菲律賓探秘：一本書讀懂菲律賓》 對許多台灣人或華人而言，菲律賓一直是個陌生又神祕的國度。作者賈幫主秉持著探險者的心靈，走訪了這片熱情沃土的各個角落，本書是其14年旅菲的深刻觀察與精彩生活的一部分心得……続きを見る

The Cambodian Civil War and genocide of the late 1960s and ’70s left the country and its diaspora with long-lasting trauma that continues to reverberate through the community. In this book, Briana L……続きを見る

This book comes up with the Contested Leviathan Framework to describe the essence of Malaysia’s political economy. The framework is developed from tracing Malaysia’s political economy over approxima……続きを見る

Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in wi……続きを見る

Island Southeast Asia was once a thriving region, and its products found eager consumers from China to Europe. Today, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia are primarily exporters of their surplu……続きを見る

The pontianak, a terrifying female vampire ghost, is a powerful figure in Malay cultures, as loved and feared in Southeast Asia as Dracula is in the West. In animist tradition, she is a woman who ha……続きを見る

In just a few short years, the Khmer Rouge presided over one of the twentieth century’s cruelest reigns of terror. Since its 1979 overthrow, there have been several attempts to hold the perpetrators……続きを見る

A play on George Orwell’s famous novel, Burmese Days, Burmese Haze provides a uniqueーand personalーperspective on the historical events and foreign ties that shaped Myanmar and its relationship wit……続きを見る

Shortlisted, 2024 EuroSEAS Book Prize in the Humanities, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies In July 1813, a young American couple from Boston arrived in Rangoon to preach the gospel. C……続きを見る

The Philippine Revolution of 1896–1905, which began against Spain and continued against the United States, took place in the context of imperial subjugation and local resistance across Southeast Asi……続きを見る

Since obtaining independence in 1957, Malaysia has had two historic general elections, the first in 2018 and the second in 2022. The 2018 election brought the reformist Pakatan Harapan government in……続きを見る

In 1623, a Japanese mercenary called Shichizō was arrested for asking suspicious questions about the defenses of a Dutch East India Company fort on Amboina, a remote set of islands in what is now ea……続きを見る

Sideth was born in Cambodia in the midst of the US aerial bombardment of the Vietminh/Vietcon who took sanctuary along the border near Vietnam. Cambodia was fighting a civil war. In 1975 when the Kh……続きを見る

The remarkable early account of life in Pol Pot's Cambodia, now available in English translation for the first time "...among the earliest, most detailed, and most vividly rendered accounts of the K……続きを見る

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World offers a new interpretation of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine islands. Drawing on the rich archives of Spain’s Asian empire, Kristie Patri……続きを見る

Singapore's political firmament is crowded with stars who could have lit up to the island state's history, but were snuffed out by detention and harassment before they could do so. One of the bright……続きを見る

The University Socialist Club (USC) was formed in February 1953. In the 1950s and 1960s the USC and its organ Fajar were a leading voice advocating the cause of the constitutional struggle for freed……続きを見る

An exploration of the multifaceted urban environmental issues in Singapore through a more-than-human lens, calling for new ways to think of and story cities. As climate change accelerates and urbani……続きを見る

Malaysia is no easy country to analyse, or even to understand. With so many narratives about the country, its peoples, and its histories, the noise generated ー both online and off ー can be as deaf……続きを見る

諾貝爾獎經濟學大師 從小親受泰戈爾啟蒙薫陶 出身印度孟加拉而胸懷世界 在歷史與思想的各股潮流中 走過有如智慧金礦般的獨特人生 如今他已九十歲，但在書中彷彿他仍單車輕快一溜騎過無情大地， 載滿了有情眾生，翻……続きを見る

Professor Wang Gungwu is the Institute of Policy Studies' 12th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book is an edited collection of his four IPS-Nathan Lectures, delivered from Novembe……続きを見る

Operation Coldstore remains the most contentious event in the history of postcolonial Singapore. Despite attempts by the state to silence ex-detainees, by warning that they would not be permitted to……続きを見る

This is the first book to depict the transformation and steadiness of Myanmar’s rural socio-economy from within the villages based on my own detailed research, in relation with the regime changes fr……続きを見る

This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the troops that fought in Cambodia in the 1970s. Kenneth Conboy and Ken Bowra's detailed text discusses all the US and Cambodi……続きを見る

This illustrated study explains how Japan's all-conquering air forces spearheaded the invasions of Malaya and the Dutch East Indies and stunned the defending British, Dutch, and American forces. Jap……続きを見る

The May 13 generation was the first belonging to the immigrant communities from China to grapple with the issues of being Malayan/Singaporean, breaking irrevocably with the received wisdoms of their……続きを見る

"Malay Annals" by Anonymous (translated by John Leyden). Published by e-artnow. e-artnow publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction an……続きを見る

The book presents an informative and well-sourced look at Siam in the 1800s. It provides a historical background of the country, its tradition, religion, beliefs, and daily life. 続きを見る