"A well researched and lucid history of the Southeast Asian island realms (Indochina), attending to a variety of subjects such as crops and language groups, the silk and spice trade, African sailors and Chinese porcelains, religions, and royal houses". -- Reference & Research Book News A history of the fabled islands of Southeast Asia from 300 BC, by which time their inhabitants had learned to sail the monsoon winds, to AD 1528, when Islam became dominant in the region.
"A well researched and lucid history of the Southeast Asian island realms (Indochina), attending to a variety of subjects such as crops and language groups, the silk and spice trade, African sailors and Chinese porcelains, religions, and royal houses". -- Reference & Research Book NewsA history of the fabled islands of Southeast Asia from 300 BC, by which time their inhabitants had learned to sail the monsoon winds, to AD 1528, when Islam became dominant in the region.
Lynda Norene Shaffer, Professor of History at Tufts University, teaches and writes about Chinese, Native American, and world history. After completing her undergraduate work at the University of Texas, Austin, she received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. A founding member of the World History Association, she has served three terms on its National Council. Her publications include Mao and the Workers: The Hunan Labor Movement, 1920-23; Native Americans Before 1492: The Moundbuilding Centers of the Eastern Woodlands; and "Southernization," Journal of World History 5,1: 1-21.
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Preface, Lynda Norene Shaffer Chapter 1 Introduction to Southeast Asia's Maritime Realm, Lynda Norene Shaffer Chapter 2 In the Time of Funan, Lynda Norene Shaffer Chapter 3 Srivijaya, Lynda Norene Shaffer Chapter 4 Central Java, Lynda Norene Shaffer Chapter 5 East Java, Lynda Norene Shaffer Chapter 6 Singasari (1222 to 1292) and Majapahit (1292 to 1528), Lynda Norene Shaffer Chapter 7 The Establishment of Muslim Mataram, Lynda Norene Shaffer