1st Edition
Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950 Nationalism, Empire and State-Building
By Ooi Keat Gin
Copyright 2013
200 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines Borneo, both British Borneo – Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo – and Dutch Borneo in the period 1945-1950. Borneo then was at the crossroads. Following the Japanese Occupation, the likely future status of the various Bornean territories was not at all clear, and the book discusses the various factions and powers, both local and international, who were contending for control in... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Borneo under Imperial Japan 3. Welcoming the Aussies 4. Allied Military Administration, September 1945 to June-July 1946 5. Strengthening the Empire: Two Crown Colonies and a Protected State, 1946-9 6. ‘Old’ Dutch and ‘New’ Republicans, 1945-50 7. Ushering A New Dawn
Biography
Ooi Keat Gin is Professor of History and Co-ordinator of the Asia Pacific Research Unit in the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and also serves as Editor-in- Chief of the International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies (IJAPS) (http://ijaps.usm.my/).
