Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from March 2000

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from March 2000

History and Memory in Vietnam Today: The Journal Xua & Nay.
March 1, 2000... Foreign reporting on Vietnam is filled with stories about people frantically determined to make up for lost time, acquire consumer goods, indulge themselves, advance family interests and avoid talking about politics. Beneath these attitudes,...

Twenty Years of Sinlapa watthanatham: Cultural Politics in Thailand in the 1980s and 1990s.
March 1, 2000... "This magazine was born because Sujit Wongthes lost his job." [1] In November 1998 Sinlapa watthanatham (Art and Culture magazine) celebrated its twentieth anniversary, a record in the Thai publishing world, by setting its founding myth in...

Native Songs and Dances: Southeast Asia in a Greater Chinese Sporting Community, 1920-48.
March 1, 2000... China boasts a rich history of physical culture--from the archery of Confucian scholarly culture, to the kickball games used in military training, to aristocratic polo and golf games, to ice skating pageants performed for imperial audiences, to...

Kettle on a Slow Boil: Batavia's Threat Perceptions in the Indies' Outer Islands, 1870-1910.
March 1, 2000... In the years between 1870 and 1910 a frontier linking institutions and state capabilities was erected between Dutch and British possessions in Southeast Asia. [1] Lands and seas that were partially unknown to Batavia and Singapore were explored...

Localizing Modernity in Colonial Bali During the 1930s.
March 1, 2000... Local Nationalism, Local Intellectuals In his path breaking book Imagined Communities [1] Benedict Anderson has demonstrated that, once invented, nationalism became a strong exemplary model which was "plagiarized" all over the globe. In...

Paradise in Peril: The Netherlands, Great Britain and the Defence of the Netherlands East Indies, 1940-41.
March 1, 2000... Introduction Before the Second World War, one of the smaller European nations, the Netherlands, possessed one of the richest colonies in the world, the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). The Fleet Disarmament Conference at Washington in 1921...

Cultural Resource Management and Archaeology at Chiang Saen, Northern Thailand.
March 1, 2000... Introduction Terms such as "cultural resource management" (CRM) and "archaeological heritage management" have been used in many countries such as the United States, England, Australia and New Zealand for several decades. [1] In Thailand,...

The Scents of Eden. A History of the Spice Trade.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Scents of Eden. A History of the Spice Trade. By CHARLES CORN. New York, Tokyo, London: Kodansha International, 1998. Pp. xxvii, 337. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Mixing a lucid literary style and dedicated research, Charles Corn...

Environmental Movements in Asia.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Environmental Movements in Asia. Edited by ARNE KALLAND and GERARD PERSOON. Richmond: Curzon, 1998. Pp. xiii, 296. Index. As concern over the nature and extent of Asia's environmental problems has grown, the struggle for more sustainable...

Beyond Binary Histories: Re-imagining Eurasia to c. 1830.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Beyond Binary Histories: Re-imagining Eurasia to c. 1830. Edited by VICTOR LIEBERMAN. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999. Pp. 324. Notes, Index. This collection of nine essays was first presented at a 1995 conference at SOAS...

Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asia and Pacific Societies.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asia and Pacific Societies. Edited by MICHEL PICARD and ROBERT E. WOOD. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. Pp. xi, 259. Index. Understanding socic-cultural change in Southeast Asia depends...

Japanese Influences and Presences in Asia.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Japanese Influences and Presences in Asia. Edited by MARIE SODERBERG and IAN READER. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press for the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2000. Pp. 266. Figures, Notes, Bibliography, Index. While there is a large...

The Politics of Divine Wisdom: Theosophy and Labour, National, and Women's Movements in Indonesia and South Asia 1875-1947.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Politics of Divine Wisdom: Theosophy and Labour, National, and Women's Movements in Indonesia and South Asia 1875-1947. By HERMAN A.C. DE TOLLENAERE. Leiden: Uitgeverij Katholiek Universiteit Nijmegen, 1996. Pp. xxiii, 459 Illustrations,...

Development and Disorder: A History of the Third World since 1945.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Development and Disorder: A History of the Third World since 1945. By MIKE MASON. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1997. Pp. x, 516. Bibliography, Index, Maps. Mike Mason's history of the "third world" emphasizes political regimes...

New Developments in Asian Studies.(Review)
March 1, 2000... New Developments in Asian Studies. Edited by PAUL VAN DER VELDE and ALEX MCKAY London: Kegan and Paul in association with the International Institute for Asian Studies, 1998. Pp. xvii, 376. Representing the diverse interests of scholars...

Imperial Policy and South East Asian Nationalism.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Imperial Policy and South East Asian Nationalism. Edited by HANS ANTLOV and STEIN TONNESSON. London: Curzon, 1995. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Studies in Asian Topics. Pp. xiii, 322. Bibliography, Indexes. The editors of this book...

Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia. By DAIGORO CHIHARA. Translated by ROLF W. GIEBEL. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996. Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology 19. Pp. xxiii, 278. Figures, Maps, Plates, Bibliography, Index. The author of...

Images of Malay-Indonesian Identity.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Images of Malay-Indonesian Identity. Edited by MICHAEL HITCHCOCK and VICTOR T. KING. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 282. Tables, Figures, Maps, Plates, References, Appendices, Index. This very welcome volume brings...

Headhunting and the Social Imagination in Southeast Asia.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Headhunting and the Social Imagination in Southeast Asia. Edited by JANET HOSKINS. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 296. Maps, Illustrations. Fundamentally concerned with politics and ritual, this book concentrates on a...

Textual Empires. A Reading of Early British Histories of Southeast Asia.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Textual Empires. A Reading of Early British Histories of Southeast Asia. By MARY CATHERINE QUILTY. Clayton: Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, 1998. Pp. xviii, 125. Bibliography. Mary Quilty's Textual Empires illustrates the ways in...

International Commercial Rivalry in Southeast Asia in the Interwar Period.(Review)
March 1, 2000... International Commercial Rivalry in Southeast Asia in the Interwar Period. Edited by SHINYA SUGIYAMA and MILAGROS C. GUERRERO. New Haven: Yale Centre for International and Area Studies, 1994. [Yale Southeast Asia Studies, Monograph 39.] Pp. ix,...

The Architecture of South-East Asia through Traveler's Eyes.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Architecture of South-East Asia through Traveler's Eyes. By ROXANA WATERSON. Foreword by VICTOR T. KING. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp. xxiii, 311. Illustrations. This is a book to be read in small chunks, perhaps as a...

The Last Days of President Suharto.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Last Days of President Suharto. Edited by EDWARD ASPTNALL, HERB FEITH and GERRY VAN KLINKEN. Clayton: Monash Asian Institute, 1999. Pp. x, 171. This book is a collection of articles that explain the dramatic turn of events surrounding...

Katalog Induk Naskah-Naskah Nusantara Jilid 4. Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia [Union Catalogue of Indonesian Manuscripts, Volume 4. National Library of Indonesia].(Review)
March 1, 2000... Katalog Induk Naskah-Naskah Nusantara Jilid 4. Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia [Union Catalogue of Indonesian Manuscripts, Volume 4. National Library of Indonesia]. Edited by T.E.BEHREND. Jakarta. Yayasan Obor Indonesia, Ecole...

Indonesian Politics in Crisis: The Long Fall of Suharto, 1996-98.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Indonesian Politics in Crisis: The Long Fall of Suharto, 1996-98. By STEFAN EKLOF. Copenhagen: NIAS, 1999. Pp. xii, 272. Map, Bibliography, Index. Stefan Eklof's book is a well-written chronicle of the events that led to Suharto's fall...

Bencoolen. A History of the Honourable East India Company's Garrison on the West Coast of Sumatra 1685-1825.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Bencoolen. A History of the Honourable East India Company's Garrison on the West Coast of Sumatra 1685-1825. By ALAN HARFIELD. Barton-on-Sea: A & J Partnership, 1995. Pp. xx, 624. Maps, Plans, illustrations, Bibliography, Index. This...

Bronnen Betreffende de Midden-Molukken 1900-1942. Deel I.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Bronnen Betreffende de Midden-Molukken 1900-1942. Deel I. Compiled by P. JOBSE. Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatien uitgegeven door het Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, Kleine Serie 81. Den Haag: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis,...

La Maison Balinaise en Secteur Urbain: Etude Ethno-Architecturale.(Review)
March 1, 2000... La Maison Balinaise en Secteur Urbain: Etude Ethno-Architecturale. By NATHALIE LANCRET. Paris: Association Archipel, 1997. Pp. 303. Maps, Photographs, Figures, Tables, Bibliography. This comprehensive volume is the outcome of seven years of...

De Nederlandse koloniale lobby: Ondernemers en de Indische politiek 1914-1940.(Review)
March 1, 2000... De Nederlandse koloniale lobby: Ondernemers en de Indische politiek 1914-1940. By ARJEN TASELAAR. Leiden: Research School CNWS 1998. Pp. xviii, 625. Tables, Appendices, English Summary, Bibliography, Index. [In Dutch] The nexus between...

Bujang Tan Domang. Sastra Lisan Orang Petalangan [Bujang Tan Domang. Oral Literature of the Petalangan].(Review)
March 1, 2000... Bujang Tan Domang. Sastra Lisan Orang Petalangan [Bujang Tan Domang. Oral Literature of the Petalangan]. By TENAS EFFENDY. Jakarta: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient/The Toyota Foundation, Yayasan Bentang Budaya, 1997. Pp. 818. [In Petalangan...

Music of Indonesia.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Music of Indonesia. Edited by PHILIP YAMPOLSKY. Volume 13: "Kalimantan Strings". Volume 14: "Lombok, Kalimantan, Banyumas: Little-known Forms of Gamelan and Wayang". Volume 15: "South Sulawesi Strings". Volume 16: "Music from the Southeast:...

Leadership on Java: Gentle Hints, Authoritarian Rule.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Leadership on Java: Gentle Hints, Authoritarian Rule. Edited by HANS ANTLOV and SVEN CEDERROTH. London: Curzon, 1994. Pp. viii, 197. The present book is an edited version of the proceedings of a workshop on "Elite and Leadership Formation...

Lao Peasants under Socialism and Post-Socialism.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Lao Peasants under Socialism and Post-Socialism. By GRANT EVANS. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, n.d. [originally published by Yale University Press, 1990]. Pp. xxxviii, 268. Index. The original version of this work, Lao Peasants under...

Borneo. Jewel in a Jade Rainbow, Letters and Legends from North Borneo Sabah.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Borneo. Jewel in a Jade Rainbow, Letters and Legends from North Borneo Sabah. By DAVID and SUE FIELDING. Kota Kinabalu: Koisaan Cultural Development Institute, 1998. Pp. xiv, 444. Photos, Maps. Historian friends tell me that it is nearly...

Sabah and Sarawak: The Politics of Development and Federalism.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Sabah and Sarawak: The Politics of Development and Federalism. Kajian Malaysia, Special Issue. Edited by FRANCIS LOH KOK WAH. Penang: Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1997. Pp. 236. Since joining the new Malaysian federation in 1963, Sabah and...

Managing Marital Disputes in Malaysia. Islamic Mediators and Conflict Resolution in the Syariah Courts.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Managing Marital Disputes in Malaysia. Islamic Mediators and Conflict Resolution in the Syariah Courts. By SHARIFAH ZALEHA SYED HASSAN and SVEN CEDERROTH. Richmond: Curzon, 1997. Pp. xi, 252. Bibliography, Index. Potential readers of this...

Maliujia Xinjiapo Huawen Beiwen Jilu [Chinese Inscriptions of Malacca and Singapore].(Review)
March 1, 2000... Maliujia Xinjiapo Huawen Beiwen Jilu [Chinese Inscriptions of Malacca and Singapore]. By DAVID K. Y CHNG. Taipei: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, 1998. Pp. 232. Published as Occasional Series No. 12 of "the Field Materials,...

Malaysia.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Malaysia. World Bibliographical Series. Volume 12. Revised Edition. Compiled by OOI KEAT GIN. Oxford, Santa Barbara, Denver: Clio Press, 1999. Pp. xlviii, 435. Maps, Index. The original of this Bibliography, prepared by Ian Brown and...

Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Nationalism as Political Paranoia in Burma: An Essay on the Historical Practice of Power. By MIKAEL GRAVERS. Richmond: Curzon, 1999. Second Revised Edition. Pp. xvi, 167. Bibliography, Index. In this revised edition of a study published...

Struggling with Development: The Politics of Hunger and Gender in the Philippines.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Struggling with Development: The Politics of Hunger and Gender in the Philippines. By LYNN M. KWIATKOWSKI. Boulder: Westview Press, 1998. Pp. xii, 350. Tables, Photographs, Bibliography, Index. The peoples of the Cordillera mountains of...

Singapore Studies II. Critical Surveys of the Humanities and Social Sciences.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Singapore Studies II. Critical Surveys of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Edited by CHUA BENG HUAT. Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1999. Pp. vii, 246. Chua Beng Huat's edited book is a sequel...

Between Two Oceans. A Military History of Singapore From First Settlement to British Withdrawal.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Between Two Oceans. A Military History of Singapore From First Settlement to British Withdrawal. By MALCOLM H. MURFETT, JOHN N. MIKSIC, BRIAN P. FARRELL and CHIANG MING SHUN. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xviii, 398. Maps,...

The Struggle over Singapore's Soul. Western Modernization and Asian Culture.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The Struggle over Singapore's Soul. Western Modernization and Asian Culture. By JOSEPH B. TAMNEY. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1996. Pp. xii, 241. Bibliography. The conflicting ideas concerning what type of society Singapore should be is the thesis...

Rituals of National Loyalty. An Anthropology of the State and the Village Scout Movement in Thailand.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Rituals of National Loyalty. An Anthropology of the State and the Village Scout Movement in Thailand. By KATHERINE A. BOWIE. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. Pp. xx, 393. This book is about the largest right-wing mass organization...

In the Land of Lady White Blood: Southern Thailand and the Meaning of History.(Review)
March 1, 2000... In the Land of Lady White Blood: Southern Thailand and the Meaning of History. By LORRAINE M. GESICK. Ithaca: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 1995. Pp. viii, 98. Plates, Maps, Bibliography, Index. Lorraine Gesick's...

Thai Images: The Culture of the Public World.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Thai Images: The Culture of the Public World. By NIELS MULDER. Chiangmai: Silkworm Books, 1997. Pp. ix, 353. References, Index. Niels Mulder is a well-known author of a number of "generalist" works introducing various aspects of Southeast...

Vietnamese Communists' Relations with China and the Second Indochina Conflict, 1956-1962.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Vietnamese Communists' Relations with China and the Second Indochina Conflict, 1956-1962. By ANG CHENG GUAN. Jefferson: McFarland and Company, 1997. Pp. ix, 321. Bibliography, Index. With the opening of archives in China and the Soviet...

The End of the Vietnamese Monarchy.(Review)
March 1, 2000... The End of the Vietnamese Monarchy. By BRUCE MCFARLAND LOCKHART. New Haven: Yale Center for International Studies, 1993. Pp. 243. Bibliography. This short study, which is based on the author's doctoral dissertation from Cornell University...

Hill Tribes of Vietnam.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Hill Tribes of Vietnam. By JOACHIM SCHLIESINGER 2 Volumes. Bangkok: White Lotus, 1997. Pp. xii, 74; Pp. xii, 132. Tables, Maps, Illustrations, Bibliography. The ethnic minorities of Vietnam are less covered in modern social science...