New Terrains in Southeast Asian History

Abu Talib Ahmad and Liok Ee Tan (Editors)

At a watershed moment in the scholarly approach to the history of this important region, New Terrains in Southeast Asian History captures the richness and diversity of historical discourse among Southeast Asian scholars. Through the perspectives of scholars who live and work within the region, the book offers readers a rare opportunity to enter into the world of Southeast Asian historiography. Individual chapters subject the dominance of national narratives to critical reflection and deconstruction, while others highlight the need to go beyond essentially political narratives to seek out deeper cultural, economic, and social structures by utilizing new sources, methodologies, and concepts. Taken as a whole, the book contends that new terrains in Southeast Asian history may be found "at the interstices and on the margins" where nations, societies, or cultures engage the unending processes of historical change.

Abu Talib AHMAD is a Professor in the School of Humanities at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Liok Ee TAN was formerly an Associate Professor at the School of Humanities at Universiti Sains Malaysia. He is now an independent scholar working in the areas of Malaysian historiography, history of Chinese women, and Chinese education and politics.

publication year: 2008
418 pages
ISBN: 978-9971-69-269-8  Paperback  US$30.00  S$38.00

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