Milton Osborne

Author of Southeast Asia: An Introductory History

20 Works 522 Members 5 Reviews

About the Author

Dr Milton Osborne is a writer and consultant on Asian issues and the author of many books, including Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness, River Road to China; The Mekong: Turbulent past, uncertain future; and Exploring Southeast Asia: A traveller's guide to the region. He is a regular show more visitor to Southeast Asia and for the past decade has been a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney. show less

Includes the names: Milton Osborne, Milton E. Osborne

Works by Milton Osborne

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Southeast Asia: An Introductory History (1979) 171 copies

The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future (2000) 139 copies

River Road to China: The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73 (1975) 75 copies

Phnom Penh: A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination) (1613) 33 copies

Region of revolt : focus on Southeast Asia (1970) 18 copies

Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness (1994) 17 copies

Before Kampuchea: Preludes to Tragedy (1979) 15 copies

Exploring Southeast Asia: A Traveller's History of the Region (2002) 10 copies

Arts of Southeast Asia from the Powerhouse Museum Collection: From the Powerhouse Museum Collection (2001) — Author — 10 copies

French Presence in Cochin-China and Cambodia, 1859-1905 (1969) 9 copies

The paramount power : China and the countries of Southeast Asia (2006) 5 copies

Strategic hamlets in South Viet-Nam: a survey and comparison (1965) 5 copies

River at risk : the Mekong and the water politics of China and Southeast Asia (2004) 4 copies

The Mekong : river under threat (2009) 3 copies

Politics and power in Cambodia, the Sihanouk years (1973) 2 copies

Strategic Significance of the Mekong, The 2 copies

Refugees: Four political case-studies (1981) 1 copy

Mekong: Updated by Milton Osborne (2006-01-05) (1672) 1 copy

Angkor (2001) 1 copy

From conviction to anxiety: reassessing the French self-image in Viet-Nam. 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Osborne, Milton Edgeworth
Birthdate: 1936-04-17
Gender: male
Nationality: Australia
Occupations: historian

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The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future by Milton Osborne

River Road to China: The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73 (Search for the Sources of the Mekong, 1866-73) is the book to read, regarding Western exploration of the Mekong, in-depth. This effort by Osborne is a good primer for those interested in the Mekong River and the lands it flows through.

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dettyrr | 2 other reviews | Sep 21, 2022 |

Southeast Asia: An Introductory History by Milton Osborne

I have read a number of Milton Osborne's book on SE Asia and have learned much about its history from him. However, I find it puzzling that they have a glaring omission when he writes about the early history. There is no mention of the Mon people, who were one of the earliest inhabitants of SE Asia and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand, Laos, and Burma. Their Dvaravati kingdom pre-dated and was a contemporary of the Angkor kingdom before being invaded by them.

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Clifford.Terry | 1 other review | Apr 30, 2015 |

The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future by Milton Osborne

Throughout the book “The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future”, Milton Osborne details the experiences of the early Mekong explorations of the French expedition team back in the colonial era. Major French exploration which started in 1866 from Saigon in Vietnam upstream to Yunnan in China lasted about two years, and enabled the surveyors to map out quite detailed information, though some were still very much inaccurate, geographical characteristic of the river as a groundwork for their future utilization and control.… (more)

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jakkrits | 2 other reviews | Sep 6, 2008 |

Southeast Asia: An Introductory History by Milton Osborne

Southeast Asia, History, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Phillipines

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wrjensen382 | 1 other review | Nov 29, 2017 |

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