I. Teachings of Buddhism and general history:
A Concise History of Buddhism
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Author: Andrew Skilton
Pages: 263
Published: Barnes & Noble (2003)
First edition: 1996
ISBN: 9780760748299
What the Buddha Taught
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Author: Walpola Rahula
Pages: 151
Published: Grove Press; Revised edition (1974)
First edition: 1959
ISBN: 9780802130310
Buddhism: Its Essence and Development
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Author: Edward Conze
Pages: 240
Published: Dover Publications (2003)
First edition: 1951
ISBN: 9780486430959
The Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to Its History & Teachings
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Author: Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Pages: 275
Published: HarperCollins (2001)
ISBN: 9780060699765
Theravada Buddhism
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Author: Richard F. Gombrich
Series: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
Pages: 256 pages
Published: Routledge; 2 edition (2006)
First edition: 1988
ISBN: 9780415365093
II. The intellectual history of Buddhism in Southeast Asia:
Cambodia:
Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice
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Author: Ian Harris
Pages: 352
Published: University of Hawaii Press (2008)
ISBN: 9780824832988
Thailand:
Thailand Buddhism: Insight Knowledge
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Author: Tenzin Dawa
Pages: 102
Published: Createspace (2011)
ISBN: 9781461078678
World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
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Author: S. J. Tambiah
Pages: 568 pages
Published: Cambridge University Press (1977)
ISBN: 9780521292900
Burma – Myanmar:
Theravada Buddhism in Burma (Bibliotheca Orientalis: Burma)
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Author: Niharranjan Ray
Pages: 302 pages
Published: Orchid Press; 2nd edition edition (2006)
ISBN: 9789748299877
Vietnam:
History of Buddhism in Vietnam (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series IIID, South East Asia, Vol. 5)
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Editor: Tai thu Nguyen
Pages: 363 pages
Published: Council for Research in Values & Philosophy, 2009
ISBN: 9781565180987
Laos:
Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture
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Author: John Holt
Pages: 348
Published: University of Hawaii Press (2009)
ISBN: 9780824833275
Indonesia:
Culture and Customs of Indonesia
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Author: Jill Forshee
Pages: 264
Published: Greenwood (2006)
ISBN: 9780313333392