Robert H. Taylor

Alexander Woodside

David K. Wyatt

David P. Chandler

David Joel Steinberg

William R. Roff

John R. W. Smail

Six contemporary historians trace the development of distinctive cultural, political, and social institutions in Southeast Asia

A Modern History (Revised Edition)

In Search of Southeast Asia

Harvard University. Council on East Asian Studies

Here is the first real comparison of the civil governments of two traditional East Asian societies on an institution-by-institution basis. Woodside examines in detail the surviving statutes of both societies in his political and cultural study, a pioneering venture in East Asian comparative history.

A Comparative Study of Vietnamese and Chinese Government in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Vietnam and the Chinese Model

Arif Dirlik

Roxann Prazniak

This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications of these changes for human welfare globally. The book gives special attention to recent economic development and urbanization in the People s Republic of China which have had a major impact on contemporary transformations globally. Case studies from South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America in turn place these transformations in a comparative global perspective. The contributors include distinguished scholars from the UN, PRC, India, Zimbabwe, and Latin America who are also active in policy issues."

Global Capitalism and the Future of Agrarian Society

Alexander Woodside

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