In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History is a comprehensive historical study edited by David Joel Steinberg, written by leading scholars on Southeast Asia. The book explores the political, social, cultural, and economic developments of Southeast Asian countries from pre-colonial times through the modern period. It provides an integrated regional perspective covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Th…
This book is not a traditional symposium in which each writer submits a chapter or chapters on a particular geographical area of the region. Rather, it is a work in which each scholar can take equal pride in the entire production because it was a joint intellectual pursuit.