Southeast Asian Studies

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• Author(s): Ronald A. Morse,
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Pages: 192
• ISBN_10: 0819143170
  ISBN_13: 9780819143174
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Asia / Southeast Asia , Philosophy / Reference ,

Description:... Co-published with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, this volume is a report of a conference held in March, 1984 on fundamental issues and an assessment of the field of Southeast Asian studies. Contributions include a practitioner's perspective on Southeast Asian studies; assessing U.S. scholarly resources on Southeast Asia; politics and their study; adapting the area study center concept to new needs; ensuring quality in language skills; ethnic diversity and social change; Indochinese refugees; Southeast Asia and ASEAN as regional concepts; Southeast Asia, the humanities and the question of relevance.