M.C. Ricklefs, Bruce Lockhart, Albert Lau, Portia Reyes, and Maitrii Aung-Thwin. A New History of Southeast Asia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2010. 

  1. Ethnic Groups, Early Cultures and Social Structures

  2. Early State Formation

  3. ‘Classical’ States at Their Height

  4. New Global Religions and Ideas from the 13^th Century

  5. The Rise of New States from the 14^th Century

  6. Non-Indigenous Actors Old and New

  7. Early Modern Southeast Asian States

  8. Colonial Communities, c. 1800-1900

  9. Reform, New Ideas and the 1930s Crisis(c.1900-1942)

10. World War II in Southeast Asia (1942-1945)

11. Regaining Independence in the Decades After 1945

12. Building Nations, to c.1990

13. Boom and Bust in Southeast Asia, c.1990-2008

14. Southeast Asia Today