Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The Sociology of Southeast Asia. Transformations in a Developing Region

The Sociology of Southeast Asia. Transformations in a Developing Region Book Reviews / JESHO 54 (2011) 87-115 107 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/156852011X539635 Victor T. KING, The Sociology of Southeast Asia. Transformations in a Devel- oping Region. NIAS Reference Library 3. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2008. xvii + 352 pp. ISBN: 978-87-91114-59-5 (hbk.); 978-87-91114-60-1 (pbk.). £50.00 (hbk.); £16.99 (pbk.). The cover caption says: “One of the main problems faced by teachers and students who have a scholarly interest in Southeast Asia is the lack of gen- eral user-friendly texts in the social sciences. A single-authored, integrated introductory volume on the sociology of Southeast Asia is long overdue. This book is the first of its kind.” All of this is correct, I think. The book by Victor King is definitely a must-read for almost any student of Southeast Asia—except senior scholars who are familiar with the literature in the social sciences of this region. The book delivers an overview of important texts on societies, politics, political economy, and cultures of Southeast Asia. It is something like a structured excerpt of these texts rather than an original contribution to the field or a topical interpretation of the literature. It will be a very useful textbook for courses on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Brill

The Sociology of Southeast Asia. Transformations in a Developing Region

Download PDF
2 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/the-sociology-of-southeast-asia-transformations-in-a-developing-region-k3bXE5oOoa

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0022-4995
eISSN
1568-5209
DOI
10.1163/156852011X539635
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Book Reviews / JESHO 54 (2011) 87-115 107 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI: 10.1163/156852011X539635 Victor T. KING, The Sociology of Southeast Asia. Transformations in a Devel- oping Region. NIAS Reference Library 3. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2008. xvii + 352 pp. ISBN: 978-87-91114-59-5 (hbk.); 978-87-91114-60-1 (pbk.). £50.00 (hbk.); £16.99 (pbk.). The cover caption says: “One of the main problems faced by teachers and students who have a scholarly interest in Southeast Asia is the lack of gen- eral user-friendly texts in the social sciences. A single-authored, integrated introductory volume on the sociology of Southeast Asia is long overdue. This book is the first of its kind.” All of this is correct, I think. The book by Victor King is definitely a must-read for almost any student of Southeast Asia—except senior scholars who are familiar with the literature in the social sciences of this region. The book delivers an overview of important texts on societies, politics, political economy, and cultures of Southeast Asia. It is something like a structured excerpt of these texts rather than an original contribution to the field or a topical interpretation of the literature. It will be a very useful textbook for courses on

Journal

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2011

There are no references for this article.