Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III A Century of Advance. Book 3: Southeast Asia

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Synopsis

This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the New York Times Book Review, reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance.

In Volume III: A Century of Advance, the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples.

Book 3: Southeast Asia examines European images of the lands, societies, religions, and cultures of Southeast Asia. The continental nations of Siam, Vietnam, Malaya, Pegu, Arakan, Cambodia, and Laos are discussed, as are the islands of Java, Bali, Sumatra, Borneo, Amboina, the Moluccas, the Bandas, Celebes, the Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Mindanao, Jolo, Guam, and the Marianas.

Book details

Author:
Donald F. Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley
ISBN:
9780226466989
Related ISBNs:
9780226467689, 9780226467559
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Pages:
578
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-06-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1993
Copyright by:
The University of Chicago 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction