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Southeast Asian History and the Mediterranean Analogy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2003

Heather Sutherland
Heather Sutherland
Affiliation:
The Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. [email protected]
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Abstract

Historians of Southeast Asia have been inspired by Fernand Braudel's classic The Mediterranean because of its focus on the sea and multidisciplinary approach, and because it seems to solve two recalcitrant historiographical problems: the definition of time and space, and the reconciliation of local identities and external influence. But while Braudel's prose and intellectual ambition are justly seen as inspiring, conceptual confusion and analytic evasion limit his contribution.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 1 - 20
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© 2003 The National University of Singapore

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