Preface xi // List of Abbreviations xv // List of Tables xviii // 1 Introduction: Region, Regionalism and Regional Identity 1 // in the Making of Southeast Asia // Unity in Diversity Interactions and Identity Structure of the Book // 2 Imagined Communities and Socially Constructed Regions 21 // Defining Regionness Material and Ideational Perspectives Whole and Parts Past and Present Inside and Outside Permanence and Transience Summary of the Argument // 3 Imagining Southeast Asia 51 // Introduction // The Southeast Asian States and State System in the Pre-Colonial Era // Commerce, Colonialism and the Regional Concept // After the War: (Re)inventing the Region // The Contribution of ’’Southeast Asian Studies" // Conclusion // x // 4 Nationalism, Regionalism and the Cold War Order // The Nationalist Vision of Regionalism Development, Legitimacy and Regional (Dis)order Great-Power Rivalry and Regional Autonomy Conclusion // 5 The Evolution of Regional Organization // ASA and Maphilindo // The Establishment of ASEAN: Motivating Factors Dimensions of ASEAN Regionalism Conclusion // 6 Southeast Asia Divided: Polarization and Reconciliation // Vietnam and ASEAN ASEAN and the Cambodian Conflict Towards Regional Reconciliation East Asian Regionalization and Southeast Asian Regionalism The "ASEAN Way" // Conclusion // 7 Constructing "One Southeast Asia" // Towards "One Southeast Asia" // Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific Idea Conclusion // 8 Globalization and the Crisis of Regional Identity // The Perils of Globalization Rainforests and Regional Identity Identity and Community Regional Identity and Civil Society China, India and Southeast Asian Identity An East Asian Community? // Conclusion // 9 Whither Southeast Asia? // Bibliography // Index