<b><i>2016 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Textbook in the Humanities</i></b><br/><p><i><br/>A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads </i>presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day.<br/><br/></p><ul><li>Incorporates environmental, social, economic, and gender issues to tell a multi-dimensional story of Southeast Asian history from earliest times to the present</li><li>Argues that while the region remains a highly diverse mix of religions, ethnicities, and political systems, it demands more attention for how it manages such diversity while being receptive to new ideas and technologies</li><li>Demonstrates how Southeast Asia can offer alternatives to state-centric models of history more broadly</li></ul><p><br/><b>Part of The Blackwell History of the World Series<br/></b></p><p>The goal of this ambitious seri