Southeast Asian and South Asian history resources - how to write a history essay 3

Southeast Asian and South Asian history resources - how to write a history essay 3

Here on English Language Resources Online is the conclusion of an essay written by me about Southeast Asian and South Asian history for my Asian history course. In the following two posts I had already covered both the introduction to the essay and the body of the essay.

Southeast Asian and South Asian history resources - how to write a history essay
Southeast Asian and South Asian history resources - how to write a history essay 2

Conclusion of the essay/ term paper:

In conclusion, this paper has shown how the colonial powers dominated using political, economic and socio-cultural means, and analysed the consequences. In India, the overall impact was rather positive in political, socio-cultural terms, but negative in economic terms. In Indonesia, the Dutch imposed deleterious policies and largely impacted Indonesia negatively. In both cases, nationalism was the long-term result. This paper argues that British and Dutch policies had different, varied impacts on India and Indonesia. In the final analysis, effects on colonies varied widely, and there can be neither easy generalisations nor common consensus as to whether the impact of European rule was ultimately negative or positive.

WORKS CITED/ SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Christie, Clive J (2001). Ideology and Revolution in Southeast Asia 1900-1980. Richmond: Curzon Press.

Lewis, Martin Deming (1962). The British in India – Imperialism or Trusteeship? Boston, USA: DC Heath and Company.

Marriott, John A R (1932). The English in India – A Problem of Politics. Great Britain: Oxford.

Tarling, Nicholas (2001). Southeast Asia: A Modern History. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Van Niel, Robert (1992). Java Under the Cultivation System. Leiden: KITLV Press.

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