Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from October 2004

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from October 2004

Picturesque Burma: British travel writing 1890-1914.
October 1, 2004... Students of modern cultural history have demonstrated that conceptions of landscape have played a significant role in social, national and colonial developments. (2) In fact, the very development of the idea of 'landscape' itself has been...

Chinese enterprise in colonial Malaya: the case of Eu Tong Sen.
October 1, 2004... The economic performance of so-called 'dragon' economies of East Asia in the 1970s and 1980s was attributed by representatives of governments like Singapore and Taiwan to the role played by neo-Confucian values centred on social discipline,...

Vision, power and agency: the ascent of Ngo Dinh Diem, 1945-54.
October 1, 2004... Who was Ngo Dinh Diem? In the decades since his 1963 assassination, historians and other writers have offered diverse interpretations of his life and career. That Diem was an important figure in the history of the Indochina Wars is not in...

The anchor and the voice of 10,000 waterfront workers: Jamit Singh in the Singapore story (1954-63).
October 1, 2004... Introduction: The colourful past behind the mechanised present As a trade unionist from 1954 to 1963, Jamit Singh inspired the disparate port workers in colonial Singapore to evolve into a vibrant labour movement and a significant...

Guanxi and regulation in networks: the Yunnanese jade trade between Burma and Thailand, 1962-88.
October 1, 2004... This article analyses the Yunnanese jade-trade networks operating between Burma and Thailand from 1962-88, the period of the Burmese socialist regime. A period of isolation for Burmese society, it was also the time when Kuomintang (KMT or...

Domestic service in Thailand: reflection of conflicts in gender, class and ethnicity.
October 1, 2004... Domestic service is a unique area to study due to its location, meaning that unlike most other types of labour, the work takes place in the employer's home. Home, while it is the private sphere for the employer, represents the public sphere for...

Tohari's trilogy: passages of power and time in Java.(Ahmad Tohari)
October 1, 2004... Fiction which probes for answers... can help to create a greater understanding of Javanese society. (1) A captivating narrative, Ahmad Tohari's Ronggeng dukuh Paruk (Paruk hamlet's ronggeng) trilogy set in Java comprises much more than...

Colonialism and the Hong Kong mentality.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Colonialism and the Hong Kong mentality By DAVID FAURE Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies Occasional Papers and Monographs No. 150, The University of Hong Kong, 2003. Pp. 240. Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S002246340421027X ...

Earthenware in Southeast Asia.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Earthenware in Southeast Asia Edited by JOHN MIKSIC Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii, 370. Maps, Figures, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404220276 This book is a major contribution to the fields of Southeast...

Strange parallels: Southeast Asia in global context, c. 800-1830. Volume I: Integration on the mainland.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Strange parallels: Southeast Asia in global context, c. 800-1830. Volume I: Integration on the mainland. By VICTOR LIEBERMAN Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xxiii, 484. Maps, Figures, Notes, Index. DOI:...

Katalog naskah Merapi-Merbabu Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia.
October 1, 2004... Katalog naskah Merapi-Merbabu perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia By KARTIKA SETYAWATI, I. KUNTARA WIRYAMARTANA and WILLEM VAN DER MOLEN Yogyakarta: Penerbitan Universitas Sanata Dharma; Leiden: Opleiding Talen en Culturen van...

Clearing a space: Postcolonial readings of modern Indonesian literature.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Clearing a space: Postcolonial readings of modern Indonesian literature Edited by KEITH FOULCHER and TONY DAY Leiden: KILTV, 2002. Pp. 381. Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404250275 Although modern Indonesian literature originated as a response...

A decade in Borneo.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... A decade in Borneo By ADA PRYER. Edited by SUSAN MORGAN London: Leicester University Press, 2001. Pp. 183. Plates, Note, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404260271 A decade in Borneo was first published in an East Asian edition in...

Chinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882-1941: Kedah and Penang.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Chinese business in the making of a Malay state, 1882-1941: Kedah and Penang By WU XIAO AN London and New York: Routledge, 2003. Pp 239. Index, Bibliography, Illustrations. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404270278 This book examines the shifting...

Barons, brokers, and buyers: the institutions and cultures of Philippine sugar.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Barons, brokers, and buyers: The institutions and cultures of Philippine sugar By MICHAEL S. BILLIG Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003. Pp. xiv, 320. Map, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404280274 Sugar was...

Lords of things: the fashioning of the Siamese monarchy's modern image.(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Lords of things: The fashioning of the Siamese monarchy's modern image By MAURIZIO PELEGGI Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. Pp. ix, 232. Photographs, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404290270 Historians of...

Viet-Nam expose: French scholarship on twentieth-century Vietnamese society.( )(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... Viet-Nam expose: French scholarship on twentieth-century Vietnamese society Edited by GISELE L. BOUSQUET and PIERRE BROCHEUX Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002. Pp 476. Footnotes. Index. DOI: 10.1017/S0022463404300275 This...

Books received: JSEAS 2004, 3.
October 1, 2004... Asia The North Korean revolution, 1945-50 By C. K. ARMSTRONG. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. ISBN (paperback) 0-8014-8914-8 God and Caesar in China: Political implications of church-state tensions Edited...