Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- 1 The Writing of Southeast Asian History
- PART ONE FROM PREHISTORY TO C. 1500 CE
- PART TWO FROM c. 1500 to c. 1800 CE
- 6 Interactions with the Outside World and Adaptation in Southeast Asian Society, 1500–1800
- 7 Political Development between the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- 8 Economic and Social Change, c. 1400–1800
- 9 Religious Developments in Southeast Asia c. 1500–1800
- References
6 - Interactions with the Outside World and Adaptation in Southeast Asian Society, 1500–1800
from PART TWO - FROM c. 1500 to c. 1800 CE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2008
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- 1 The Writing of Southeast Asian History
- PART ONE FROM PREHISTORY TO C. 1500 CE
- PART TWO FROM c. 1500 to c. 1800 CE
- 6 Interactions with the Outside World and Adaptation in Southeast Asian Society, 1500–1800
- 7 Political Development between the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- 8 Economic and Social Change, c. 1400–1800
- 9 Religious Developments in Southeast Asia c. 1500–1800
- References
Summary
The second part of this work covers the period from the late fifteenth century to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries of the Christian era. The opening chapter places the region in an international context, affected by changes of which the advent of the Europeans was only one. The three chapters that follow outline the political, economic and social, and religious changes that Southeast Asia underwent. A fifth chapter surveys the region on the eve of the phase in which it came almost entirely under European political control.
In the period 1500-1800 Indians and Chinese, who had visited Southeast Asia since the early Christian era, came in far greater numbers. In the seventeenth century the Japanese became involved in Southeast Asian trade for the first time. But the latest and most formidable arrivals were the Europeans. Chapter 6 deals with the arrival and establishment of these groups in the region. It also deals with the interaction between the foreign and Southeast Asian communities, and the innovations and adaptations that resulted. These included the establishment of European-controlled cities and the emergence of mestizo communities. The chapter also discusses developments in shipbuilding and firearms technology that had important repercussions for Southeast Asian societies.
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- The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia , pp. 341 - 401Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993
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