本书为“21世纪初的东南亚社会与经济”国际学术研讨会的英文论文集，其中所选论文分别就东南亚的国际关系，印度尼西亚、泰国、马来西亚等国的社会经济的发展和变化，东南亚华侨华人的社会与经济等专题进行了广泛而细致的探讨，在一定程度上反映出国内外学术界对东南亚问题研究的新成果与新动态，具有较高的学术研究价值和一定的借鉴作用。

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Chapter 1 Continuity and Change Nicholas Thomas(l)

Chapter 2 The Life of Chinese Immigrants in Late

      Eighteenth-Century Manila Sugaya Nariko(13)

Chapter 3 Understanding the Tandjoeng Cemetery

      Archives:Chinese Society in Nineteenth-Century

      Batavia Li Minghuan(36)

Chapter 4 The Decline of a Hegemonic Party System

      in Indonesia:Golkar after the Fall

      of Suharto Leo Suryadinata(64)

Chapter 5 The World Bank and Thailand:

      Economic Crisis and Social Safety

      Nets Kevin Hewison(88)

Chapter 6 Technology Transfer and the Development

      of Malaysia's Automobile Industry

      Razib Arshad and Rugayah Mohamed(112)

Chapter 7 Poiiticai Fault-iines in Southeast Asia:

      Movements for Ethnic Autonomy

      as Nations of Intent Vivienne Wee(136)

Chapter 8 Fighting Corruption:The Southeast

      Asian Experience Eric Vincent C. Batalla(161)

Chapter 9 ASEAN's Third Wave of Regionalism:

      The View from Hong Kong ... Nicholas Thomas(189)

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