Western books on Asia: Southeast Asia : from the Echols Collection on Southeast Asia at Cornell University Library
- From the Echols Collection on Southeast Asia at Cornell University Library, this is one of the largest collections of monographs on Southeast Asia available in North America. Titles in the Western languages segment of the collection appear in eight languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian, ranging in date from the early 17th century until 1900. The collection defines Southeast Asia liberally and includes titles on Indochina, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Malay Archipelago, Java and Indonesia and addresses such topics as local religion and customs, social issues, colonialist and imperialist economics and industry, linguistics and anthropology.
