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Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680: Expansion and Crisis
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 14501680 Expansion and Crisis Author:Anthony Reid This book, the second in a highly praised series, continues Reid`s vivid exploration of everyday life in the various societies of Southeast Asia under the influence of burgeoning trade during the so-called long sixteenth century. This volume focuses on issues and movements that developed in the region as intercourse with the wider world expanded... more »: the rise and fall of urban life; the process of religious, economic, and political change; and the reasons why Southeast Asia diverged fundamentally from the capitalist path taken by Europe and began a process of deurbanization and impoverishment.« less