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Cultural heritage. -- The land and its people. -- Early kingdoms in mainland Southeast Asia. -- Early kingdoms of Sumatra and Java. -- The rise of new states : Ayuthaya, Majapahit, and Malacca. -- European intrusion in the Indian archipelago : the early phase. -- Mainland Southeast Asia : the consolidations of Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. -- Part Two : Colonial interlude. -- The English and Dutch in the East Indies. -- British role in the Malay States in the nineteenth century. -- Pride and paramountcy : Anglo-Burmese relations in the nineteenth century. -- The French in Vietnam and Cambodia. -- Thailand remains independent. -- Paert Three : Nationalist response. -- Nationalist movements in Southeast Asia : general. -- Filipino urge for freedom from Spanish and U.S. rule. -- The nationalist movements : Indonesia. -- The Nationalist movements : Myanmar. -- Thailand's constitutional revolution. -- The Nationalist movements : Vietnam. -- The nationalist movements : Malaya, Cambodia, and Laos. -- Part Four : Fruits of freedom. -- Independent Philippines. -- Myanmar : toward integration and democracy. -- Thailand : independence at any price. -- Indonesia : unity amid diversity. -- East Timor : birth of a nation. -- Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. -- Nationalism and communism in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. -- Vietnam and Cambodia under communism. -- Tsunami, cyclone, and terrorism in Southeast Asia.