Research in Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore / / Harry J. Benda.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Benda, Harry J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Benda, Harry J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1970]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 1970
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (10 p.)
• Other title: Research in Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore --; NOTES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814380195; 9783110649680; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814380195
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Harry J. Benda.

This very brief overview will show how very recent the concept of Southeast Asian Studies in the region is. At the same time however, we must realise that there is perhaps a rather basic difference between the development of such regional studies in the United States and in Southeast Asia itself. To Americans and other outsiders, 'Southeast Asian Studies' are a clearly recognisable field, in terms of geography if nothing else. Indeed, when the concept was being developed in America shortly after World War II, the entire region was actually a terra incognita, all parts of it - with the only partial exception of the Philippines - almost equally unknown academically, and therefore earmarked for careful, preferably inter-disciplinary study. Even then, the various parts of the region admittedly, did not necessarily receive identical emphasis and study.