Journal of Southeast Asian Studies articles from October 2005

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies archives from October 2005

Population and the means of subsistence: explaining the historical demography of island Southeast Asia, with particular reference to Sulawesi.
October 1, 2005... Taken as a whole, Southeast Asia was sparsely populated in 1600.... The most extraordinary feature of Southeast Asian population, however, was the very slow rate of growth in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, even if...

Cigar-makers in American colonial Manila: survival during structural depression in the 1920s.
October 1, 2005... By the late nineteenth century, hand-made cigar production in Manila represented the first large-scale manufacturing industry in the Philippines. Tobacco was first introduced from the Americas in the sixteenth century, and smoking spread...

Brinkmanship and deterrence success during the Anglo-Indonesian Sunda Straits Crisis, 1964-1966.
October 1, 2005... Britain and Indonesia approached the brink of war at the height of the Sunda Straits Crisis in September 1964. Using newly released declassified archival records, this study reviews the supposed British deterrence success. The factors behind...

Religion and the Indonesian constitution: a recent debate.
October 1, 2005... In August 1945, at the last moment, seven words were removed from the Preamble to the Indonesian Constitution (known as the Jakarta Charter or Piagam Jakarta). These seven words were 'dengan kewajiban menjalankan syariat Islam bagi pemeluknya'...

The new Muslim romance: changing patterns of courtship and marriage among educated Javanese Youth.
October 1, 2005... Behind headlines about political instability, terrorist attacks and religious violence, gender relations in Muslim Java have undergone a quiet transformation over the past generation. The broad outlines of this transformation can be seen in...

Beyond syncretism: hybridization of popular religion in contemporary Thailand.
October 1, 2005... Syncretism is a proven analytical model, particularly in studies of Thai Buddhism, but it is neither a perennial nor a flawless one. It cannot be denied that Thai religion by and large has maintained its complex syncretic outlook. However, it...

Contesting Malayness: Malay identity across boundaries.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Contesting Malayness: Malay identity across boundaries. Edited by TIMOTHY P. BARNARD Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2004. Pp. xiii, 318. Maps, Notes, Index. doi:10.1017/S0022463405260265 The question of what exactly is referred to...

Islam and state in Sumatra: A study of seventeenth-century Aceh.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Islam and state in Sumatra: A study of seventeenth-century Aceh. By AMIRUL HADI Leiden: Brill, 2004. Pp. xii, 273. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. doi:10.1017/S0022463405270261 Aceh has tong been a focus of interest in island Southeast...

The Gamelan Digul and the prison camp musician who built it: An Australian link with the Indonesian Revolution.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The Gamelan Digul and the prison camp musician who built it: An Australian link with the Indonesian Revolution. By MARGARET J. KARTOMI Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2002. Pp. 123. Maps, Plates, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index, CD...

The politics of economic liberalisation in Indonesia: State, market and power.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... The politics of economic liberalisation in Indonesia: State, market and power. By ANDREW ROSSER Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2002. Pp. xv, 232. Notes, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. doi: 10.1017/S0022463405290264 Andrew Rosser has produced a...

Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak (1875-1911).(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak (1875-1911). By ABDUR-RAZZAQ LUBIS and KHOO SALMA NASUTION Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Monograph no. 35, 2003. Pp. 278. Illustrations, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. doi:...

Southern Vietnam under the reign of Minh Mang (1820-1841): Central policies and local response.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Southern Vietnam under the reign of Minh Mang (1820-1841): Central policies and local response. By CHOI BYUNG WOOK Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University, 2004. Pp. 226. Plates, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. doi:...

Vietnamese voices: Gender and cultural identity in the Vietnamese Francophone novel.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Vietnamese voices: Gender and cultural identity in the Vietnamese Francophone novel. By NATHALIE HUYNH CHAU NGUYEN DeKalb: Southeast Asia Publications/Center for Southeast Asian Studies/Northern Illinois University, 2003. Pp. xi, 238. Notes,...

Books received.
October 1, 2005... Asia Forgotten armies: The fall of British Asia, 1941-1945 By CHRISTOPHER BAYLY and TIM HARPER Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005 ISBN 0-674-01748-X Asian travel in the Renaissance Edited by DANIEL CAREY...