A new history of Southeast Asia

Ethnic groups, early cultures and social structures

Early state formation

'Classical' states at their height

New global religions and ideas from the thirteenth century

The rise of new states from the fourteenth century

Non-indigenous actors old and new

Early modern Southeast Asian states

Colonial communities, c.1800-1900

Reform, new ideas and the 1930s crisis (c.1900-1942)

World War II in Southeast Asia (1942-1945)

Regaining independence in the decades after 1945

Building nations, to c.1990

Boom and bust in Southeast Asia c.1990-2008

Southeast Asia today.