Nationalism in Southeast Asia : If the People Are with Us
, by Tarling,NicholaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415334761 | 0415334764
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/22/2004
Nationalism in Southeast Asiaseeks a definition of nationalism through examining its role in the history of Southeast Asia, a region rarely included in general books on the topic. The state building of the colonial phase 1949-1975 is seen as a directed process with unexpected outcomes: it helped to create and to provoke opposition that took the form of "nationalist" movements. Tarling goes onto consider the role of nationalism in the "nation-building" of the post-colonial phase, and its relationship both with the democratic aspirations associated with the winning of independence and with the authoritarianism of the closing decades of the twentieth century.