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History - Asia

A guide to Asian history resources recommended by the library.

Primary Sources Online

Southeast Asian Images and Texts
Primary and secondary sources

Southeast Asia Digital Library
Digital facsimiles of books and manuscripts, as well as multimedia materials and searchable indexes of additional Southeast Asian resources

Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu
Archives of China's Ming dynasty dealing with Southeast Asia, in English translation.

The Dutch East Indies in photographs, 1860-1940

Indonesia Independent photographs, 1947-1953

George Percival Scriven: An American in Bohol, The Philippines, 1899-1901
Journal of an American Army Officer during the invasion and occupation of the Philippines

National Archives of Singapore

Online Burma Library
Links to full text documents on Burma / Myanmar

Cambodian Genocide Program, 1975-1979
A project of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies to study these events and learn as much as possible about the tragedy.

Thai Newspaper Collection
3 Thai newspapers before and during World War II

National Security Archive
Declassified U.S. government documents, including on the American involvement in Vietnam and other foreign relations topics

Wilson Center Digital Archive
Declassified U.S. government documents on U.S. foreign relations

For More Information

Guide to Southeast Asian Studies (National University of Singapore)

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