Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Introduction: Thinking about Asia, thinking about Australia
- 1 The Idea of ‘Asia’: Australia's ‘Near North’ – East and Southeast Asia
- 2 Tradition and Modernity in East and Southeast Asia: The family
- 3 Tradition and Modernity in East and Southeast Asia: Religion
- 4 Colonialism in East and Southeast Asia: How important was the impact of the West?
- 5 Nationalism and Revolution in East and Southeast Asia
- 6 Nations and Nation-Building in East and Southeast Asia
- 7 International Politics and East and Southeast Asia: The Cold War and the Sino-Soviet Split
- 8 The Rise and Decline of the Japanese Economic ‘Miracle’
- 9 The Newly Industrialising Economies of East and Southeast Asia: Economic growth and economic challenge
- 10 Democracy and Human Rights
- 11 Globalisation and East and Southeast Asia
- 12 Australia and Asia, ‘Asia’ in Australia
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate section
List of illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Introduction: Thinking about Asia, thinking about Australia
- 1 The Idea of ‘Asia’: Australia's ‘Near North’ – East and Southeast Asia
- 2 Tradition and Modernity in East and Southeast Asia: The family
- 3 Tradition and Modernity in East and Southeast Asia: Religion
- 4 Colonialism in East and Southeast Asia: How important was the impact of the West?
- 5 Nationalism and Revolution in East and Southeast Asia
- 6 Nations and Nation-Building in East and Southeast Asia
- 7 International Politics and East and Southeast Asia: The Cold War and the Sino-Soviet Split
- 8 The Rise and Decline of the Japanese Economic ‘Miracle’
- 9 The Newly Industrialising Economies of East and Southeast Asia: Economic growth and economic challenge
- 10 Democracy and Human Rights
- 11 Globalisation and East and Southeast Asia
- 12 Australia and Asia, ‘Asia’ in Australia
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate section
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- Understanding Australia's NeighboursAn Introduction to East and Southeast Asia, pp. viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004