Co-published with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, this volume is a report of a conference held in March, 1984 on fundamental issues and an assessment of the field of Southeast Asian studies. Contributions include a practitioner's perspective on Southeast Asian studies; assessing U.S. scholarly resources on Southeast Asia; politics and their study; adapting the area study center concept to new needs; ensuring quality in language skills; ethnic diversity and social change; Indochinese refugees; Southeast Asia and ASEAN as regional concepts; Southeast Asia, the humanities and the question of relevance.
- ISBN10 0819143170
- ISBN13 9780819143174
- Publish Date 18 December 1984 (first published 25 October 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English