Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 3: Southeast Asia (Asia in the Making of Europe Volume III)

This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the New York Times Book Review, reveals the impact of Asia's high civilizations on the development of modern Western society. The authors examine the ways in which European encounters with Asia have altered the development of Western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance. In Volume III: A Century of Advance, the authors have researched seventeenth-century European writings on Asia in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples. Book 3: Southeast Asia examines European images of the lands, societies, religions, and cultures of Southeast Asia. The continental nations of Siam, Vietnam, Malaya, Pegu, Arakan, Cambodia, and Laos are discussed, as are the islands of Java, Bali, Sumatra, Borneo, Amboina, the Moluccas, the Bandas, Celebes, the Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Mindanao, Jolo, Guam, and the Marianas. Contents List of Abbreviations Note to Illustrations List of Illustrations List of Maps Chapter XIV: Continental Southeast Asia: Malaya, Pegu, Arakan, Cambodia, and Laos 1. Malaya 2. Pegu and Arakan 3. Cambodia and Laos Chapter XV: Siam 1. Iberian and Dutch Accounts 2. Narai (r. 1656–88) and the French 3. The Physical Environment 4. State Service and Administration 5. Society, Culture, and Buddhism Chapter XVI: Vietnam 1. First Notices 2. The Nguyễn and the Christians 3. Tongking under the Trịnh Chapter XVII: Insulindia: The Western Archipelago 1. Java A. Development of the Literature B. Geography and the Landscape C. Batavia, the Metropole and Its Hinterland D. Character, Customs, Society, and Culture E. Political Life F. Economics and Trade 2. Bali 3. Sumatra A. Placement, Climate, and Products B. Acheh and Other Towns C. Populace, Customs, and Beliefs D. Economy and Polity 4. Borneo Chapter XVIII: Insulindia: The Eastern Archipelago and the Austral Lands 1. The Moluccas 2. Amboina (Ambon) 3. The Bandas 4. Celebes 5. The Lesser Sundas 6. Insular Southeast Asia's Eastern and Southern Periphery: New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, and Australia A. New Guinea and Neighboring Islands B. Australia and New Zealand Chapter XIX: The Philippines and the Marianas (Ladrones) 1. "Indios" (Filipinos) and Spaniards 2. Deeper Penetrations 3. Mindanao and Jolo 4. Guam and the Marianas (Ladrones) Index The early history of continental Southeast Asia, like that of its insular counterparts, essentially records the rise and fall of chiefs and chiefdoms and is replete with accounts of intrusions from abroad. First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization