Borneo and Sulawesi : Indigenous Peoples, Empires and Area Studies.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ooi, Keat Gin
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia Ser.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes of Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; Notes; Victor T. King: Scholar par excellence, ethnicity and identity to heritage, and many things in between; Academic appointments; External examinerships; External appointments; Notes; Single and co-authored volumes; Data papers, working papers, and research reports; Edited and co-edited volumes; Single and co-authored articles and chapters in books
  • Short articles, research notes, orations, dictionary entries, forewords, guides, and journalismBook reviews; Victor T. King: Opinions, thoughts, and reflections; Scholarly viewpoints, featuring Victor T. King; About the scholar; 1 In your opinion, what would be the current trend of your discipline; specifically, in the context of the Asia Pacific region?; 2 Impact of your discipline on the Asia Pacific region; 'what', 'how', 'why', etc.?; 3 Your comments on the state of recent (last 2-3 decades) scholarship of your discipline?
  • 4 On current scholars of your discipline, namely indigenous of the Asia Pacific region or from without, interests, characteristics, etc.?5 The future of your discipline in relation to the Asia Pacific region, namely trends, direction, vision?; 6 Some advice and guidance for up-and-coming scholars focusing on the Asia Pacific region?; 7 Any other opinions, viewpoints to express, share, etc.; Note; References; Chapter 1: 'Contested' identities of 'Orang Tomohon', Minahasa, North Sulawesi; The setting; On socio-cultural identities; Primordial identity within an 'imagined' historicity of Minahasa
  • Indigenous 'walak Tou'muwung' to modern 'kotamadya Tomohon''Imagined', 'ethno-cognitive', and 'spatial' identities; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2: Of native concerns: Brooke, the Bugis, and Borneo; Historical context; An archipelago of opportunity; The prospectus; The Bugis traders; Singapore and Sarawak; Sulawesi and the Bugis; Brooke and Bugis politics; Conclusion: Brooke, Sulawesi, and Borneo; Notes; Chapter 3: 'Escape control' and/or 'out of control': Chinese mining communities (kongsi) in West Borneo, 1780s-1850s; Anomie from two perspectives; Chinese mining communities in Southeast Asia
  • 'Gold mountain' of northwestern BorneoEnter the kongsi; Anomie at the individual level: coolie vis-à-vis kongsi; The emergence of anomie: kongsi vis-à-vis Pontianak Sultanate; Concluding remarks; Notes; Chapter 4: Of killing filthy dogs and Japanese pets: Military administration in Sarawak, the quisling issue, and inter-ethnic relations (September 1945 to April 1946); Borneo planning unit, 50 CAU, and BBCAU; OBOE VI; BBCAU: the task ahead, September to December 1945; British Military Administration (British Borneo) (BMA [BB]), January to April 1946; Facing turncoat datu, penghulu, and towkay
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