The Transformation of Southeast Asia: International Perspectives on Decolonization

by Frey,Marc

• ISBN13: 9780765611406
• ISBN10: 0765611406
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Decolonization is an important part of Southeast Asia's history. An understanding of the evolutionary patterns of Europe's and Japan's empires in Southeast Asia from the late nineteenth century through World War II provides important insights into the specific events of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. In turn, the political, economic, and cultural currents of the "postcolonial" era -- including Southeast Asia's gradual adjustment to globalizing forces -- enhances our understanding of the dynamics of the multifaceted decolonization process. This volume moves beyond the traditional view of decolonization as simply a transfer of power. Instead, the chapters emphasize the process, rather than events, to provide a framework for discussion. The authors look at the impact of decolonization and the struggle of the new nation states with issues such as economic development, cultural development, nation building, ideology, race, and modernization. The editors have brought together European, American, and Asian scholars to share different perspectives and insights on decolonization and Southeast Asia's development in the post-colonial era. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Marc Frey, Ronald W. Preessen, and Tan Tai Yong	vii
1. Dimensions of Decolonization
Paul H. Kratoska	3	(20)
2. The Impact of World War II on Decolonization
Jost Dülffer	23	(12)
3. The Economic Impact of Decolonization in Southeast Asia: Economic Nationalism and Foreign Direct Investment, 1945-1965
J. Thomas Lindblad	35	(17)
4. Monarchy and Decolonization in Indochina
Bruce M. Lockhart	52	(20)
5. France and the Associated States of Indochina, 1945-1955
Hugues Tertrais	72	(11)
6. The Indonesian Revolution and the Fall of the Dutch Empire: Actors, Factors, and Strategies
Marc Frey	83	(22)
7. Theories and Approaches to British Decolonization in Southeast Asia
Karl Hack	105	(22)
8. British Attitudes and Policies on Nationalism and Regionalism
Nicholas Tarling	127	(15)
9. The "Grand Design": British Policy, Local Politics, and the Making of Malaysia, 1955-1961
Tan Tai Yong	142	(19)
10. Making Malaya Safe for Decolonization: The Rural Chinese Factor in the Counterinsurgency Campaign
Kumar Ramakrishna	161	(19)
11. "Nationalism" in the Decolonization of Singapore
Albert Lau	180	(17)
12. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Trusteeship, and U.S. Exceptionalism: Reconsidering the American Vision of Postcolonial Vietnam
Mark Philip Bradley	197	(16)
13. The United States and Southeast Asia in an Era of Decolonization, 1945-1965
Robert J. McMahon	213	(13)
14. John Foster Dulles and Decolonization in Southeast Asia
Ronald W. Pruessen	226	(15)
15. Between SEATO and ASEAN: The United States and the Regional Organization of Southeast Asia
Kai Dreisbach	241	(16)
16. Parable of Seeds: The Green Revolution in the Modernizing Imagination
Nick Cullather	257	(11)
17. Afterword: The Limits of Decolonization
Wang Gungwu	268	(7)
Notes	275	(66)
About the Contributors	341	(4)
Index	345