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"This book examines Borneo, both British Borneo--Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo--and Dutch Borneo in the period 1945-50. It discusses the effects of the Japanese surrender, the impact of the subsequent interregnum and Australian and British administrations, the reassertion of Dutch control, the struggle for Indonesian independence, and movements for local autonomy"--Provided by publisher.
This volume situates the evolution of capitalist economies along Asia's Pacific Rim after the World War II within broader global, political and economic changes. Specifically, it charts their growth at the interface of periodic crises and successive waves of restructuring.
This is a comparative study of the experiences of the Western civilians interned by the Japanese in mixed family camps and sexually segregated camps in the Far East.
This text charts comprehensively the various discoveries in South-East Asia and the Pacific of Japanese soldiers still fighting the World War II many years after it had ended. It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people.
The book challenges the orthodox argument that rural populations which had abandoned self-sufficiency to become single commodity producers.
This book examines the growth of a nationalist sentiment among the Sikh community in the Punjab. Drawing on a wide range of resources, Deol explores the reasons behind the rise in Sikh militancy over the 1970s and 1980s.
This work explores the limits of the idea of "neo-colonialism" - the idea that in the period immediately after independence Malaya/Malaysia enjoyed only a "pseudo-independence", largely because of the entrenched and dominant position of British business interests allied to indigenous elites.
This volume underscores the dominant themes in post-1990 analyses of reasons behind the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in relation to the increased US commentary about the potential threats perceived in an emerging China.
Provides an alternative view of the role and significance of the rural economy in Japan's emergence as an economic power prior to World War II. This book argues that rural people played an active part in determining the course of Japan's agrarian transition. It describes the development of a diversified, proto-industrial rural economy.
The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia draws upon new theoretical insights and fresh bodies of data to historically reappraise partition in the light of its long aftermath.
Offers a new interpretation of the Chinese nation- alists, placing their war of resistance against Japan in the context of their efforts to establish control over their own country and providing a critical reassessment of regional Allied Warfare.
Mochtar Lubis was one of Indonesia's best-known newspaper editors and authors, with a national, regional and international prominence that he retained from the 1950s until his death in 2004. This book traces the major events in the life of Mochtar Lubis. It provides an insight into the history and development of media in Indonesia.
An examination of American army legal proceedings that resulted from a series of moments when soldiers in a war zone crossed a line between performing their legitimate functions and committing crimes against civilians, or atrocities. It analyses how the American military legal system handled crimes against civilians.
The Japanese occupation of both British Borneo - Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo - and Dutch Borneo in 1941 to 1945 is a much understudied subject. This book surveys Borneo under Western colonialism, examines pre-war Japanese interests in Borneo, and analyses the Japanese military invasion and occupation.
Provides an historical analysis of Southeast Asia from the perspective of regionalism. Part of a trilogy on Southeast Asia, this book begins by defining the meaning of 'region' and 'regionalism' and then applies it to periods in history in Southeast Asia, looking at how patterns of regionalism have shifted through time to the present day.
Following the prohibition of missionary activity after 1724, China's Christians were effectively cut off from all foreign theological guidance. This study presents the campaigns against Christians during this period as part and parcel of the campaign against 'heresy' and 'heretical' movements in general.
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