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What Strange Parallels Sought to Accomplish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2011

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Three broad concerns inspired Strange Parallels. First, like many students of Southeast Asia, I was long troubled by the fragmented, kaleidoscopic nature of much precolonial historiography. Curiosity to see if I could detect long term, overarching patterns provided my initial spur.

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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011

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