books.google.ca - Southeast Asia has long been seen as a unity, although other terms have been used to describe it: Further India, Little China, the Nanyang. The region has had a protracted maritime history. Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity are all represented. It has seen a quintet of colonial powers...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Cambridge_History_of_Southeast_Asia.html?id=Bt6V63pL0b4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Cambridge History of Southeast Asia