The Fall of Imperial Britain in South-East Asia |
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| Author:
| Tarling, Nicholas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-588611-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1992 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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This book brings together two lines of investigation by examining the decline and fall of the British Empire and the policies the British adopted in South-East Asia from the late-eighteenth century onwards. Most historians of the British Empire have concentrated on India, Africa, or the settler dominions. The author aims to bring South-East Asia into that discourse, and he believes that doing so will also make for a fuller understanding of the emergence of new South-East Asian states...
More DescriptionThis book brings together two lines of investigation by examining the decline and fall of the British Empire and the policies the British adopted in South-East Asia from the late-eighteenth century onwards. Most historians of the British Empire have concentrated on India, Africa, or the settler dominions. The author aims to bring South-East Asia into that discourse, and he believes that doing so will also make for a fuller understanding of the emergence of new South-East Asian states in the twentieth century.