TY - BOOK AU - OWEN Norman G TI - The emergence of modern Southeast Asia: a new history SN - 9780824828905 (pbk) : PY - 2005/// CY - Honolulu PB - Univ Hawaii Press KW - SOUTHEAST ASIA KW - HISTORY N2 - Covers SE Asia mainly from the eighteenth century to the early years of the twenty-first century. The first 2 take the regional story to the dawn of the 20th century, part 3 considers economic political and social transformations, part 4 covers the often slow process out of the colonial era, and part 5 considers independence and interdependence in the modern age. In the preliminaries there is a useful guide to the evolution of country names ER -