Maritime Southeast Asia to 500 / Edition 1

by Lynda Norene Shaffer

Overview

A history of the fabled islands of Southeast Asia from 300 BC, by which time their inhabitants had learned to sail the monsoon winds, to AD 1528, when Islam became dominant in the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563241437
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/1995
Series:	Sources and Studies in World History Series
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lynda Norene Shaffer, Professor of History at Tufts University, teaches and writes about Chinese, Native American, and world history. After completing her undergraduate work at the University of Texas, Austin, she received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. A founding member of the World History Association, she has served three terms on its National Council. Her publications include Mao and the Workers: The Hunan Labor Movement, 1920–23; Native Americans Before 1492: The Moundbuilding Centers of the Eastern Woodlands; and “Southernization,” Journal of World History 5,1: 1–21.

Table of Contents

Preface, Lynda Norene Shaffer; Chapter 1 Introduction to Southeast Asia's Maritime Realm, Lynda Norene Shaffer; Chapter 2 In the Time of Funan, Lynda Norene Shaffer; Chapter 3 Srivijaya, Lynda Norene Shaffer; Chapter 4 Central Java, Lynda Norene Shaffer; Chapter 5 East Java, Lynda Norene Shaffer; Chapter 6 Singasari (1222 to 1292) and Majapahit (1292 to 1528), Lynda Norene Shaffer; Chapter 7 The Establishment of Muslim Mataram, Lynda Norene Shaffer;

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