Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Principal Political Eras on the Mainland
- Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: The Ends of the Earth
- 2 One Basin, Two Poles: The Western Mainland and the Formation of Burma
- 3 A Stable, Maritime Consolidation: The Central Mainland
- 4 “The Least Coherent Territory in the World”: Vietnam and the Eastern Mainland
- Conclusion and Prologue
- Index
Principal Political Eras on the Mainland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Principal Political Eras on the Mainland
- Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: The Ends of the Earth
- 2 One Basin, Two Poles: The Western Mainland and the Formation of Burma
- 3 A Stable, Maritime Consolidation: The Central Mainland
- 4 “The Least Coherent Territory in the World”: Vietnam and the Eastern Mainland
- Conclusion and Prologue
- Index
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- Strange ParallelsSoutheast Asia in Global Context, c.800–1830, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003