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Book Kuching Past and Present

Download or read book Kuching Past and Present written by Elizabeth Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Java  Past   Present  a Description of the Most Beautiful Country in the World  Its Ancient History  People  Antiquities  and Products

Download or read book Java Past Present a Description of the Most Beautiful Country in the World Its Ancient History People Antiquities and Products written by Donald Maclaine Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Past and Present in Hunter Gatherer Studies

Download or read book Past and Present in Hunter Gatherer Studies written by Carmel Schrire and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume shows how hunter gatherer societies maintain their traditional lifeways in the face of interaction with neighboring herders, farmers, and traders. Using historical, anthropological and archaeological data and cases from Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia, the authors examine hunter gatherer peoples—both past and present--to assess these relationships and the mechanisms by which hunter gatherers adapt and maintain elements of their culture in the wider world around them.

Book Glimpses from Sarawak s Past

Download or read book Glimpses from Sarawak s Past written by Joan Lo and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Sarawak Under Its Two White Rajahs  1839 1908

Download or read book A History of Sarawak Under Its Two White Rajahs 1839 1908 written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Borneo  Past  Present and Future

Download or read book Borneo Past Present and Future written by Nigel E. Cornwall and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Two Years in the Jungle

Download or read book Two Years in the Jungle written by William Temple Hornaday and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sylvia  Queen of the Headhunters

Download or read book Sylvia Queen of the Headhunters written by Philip Eade and published by Picador. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF SYLVIA BROOKE, THE LAST WHITE RULER OF THE JUNGLE KINGDOM OF BORNEO Sylvia Brooke was one of the more exotic and outrageous figures of the twentieth century. Otherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, she was the wife of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose family had ruled the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo for three generations. They had their own flag, revenue, postage stamps, and money, as well as the power of life and death over their subjects—Malays, Chinese, and headhunting Dyak tribesmen. The regime of the White Rajahs was long romanticized, but by the 1930s, their power and prestige were crumbling. At the center of Sarawak's decadence was Sylvia, author of eleven books, mother to three daughters, an extravagantly dressed socialite whose behavior often offended and usually defied social convention. Sylvia did her best to manipulate the line of succession in favor of her daughters, but by 1946, Japan had invaded Sarawak, sending Sylvia and her husband into exile, ending one of the more unusual chapters of British colonial rule. Philip Eade's Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters is a fascinating look at the wild and debauched world of a woman desperate to maintain the last remains of power in an exotic and dying kingdom.

Book The Rough Guide to Malaysia  Singapore   Brunei

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Malaysia Singapore Brunei written by Charles de Ledesma and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei is the ultimate guide to these three exciting Southeast Asian destinations, covering all their attractions, from amazing national parks and historic temples to gorgeous beaches and islands. This new, fully updated edition features redrawn maps, evocative photography and all-new author itineraries that take in both big sights and less visited spots. Revamped sections on Penang and Singapore offer more detail on cultural sights, new museums and budget accommodation; there's improved coverage of Sarawak's most popular national parks, Mulu and Bako; while old favourites like Mount Kinabalu and the Perhentian Islands get have been thoroughly revised. There's also plenty of practical information on topics like budget flights, river transport, etiquette and the excellent local cuisines to help you get the best out of your trip, whatever your budget. You'll be sure to make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Now available in ePub format.

Book The Peaceful People

Download or read book The Peaceful People written by Paul Malone and published by Strategic Information and Research Development Centre. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Peaceful People is the story of the Penan, the jungle nomads of Sarawak, who for decades have fought for possession and preservation of their traditional forest lands. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, as well as the diaries and journals of explorers, botanists and colonial administrators, and the observations of missionaries, the book provides the most comprehensive account of the dynamics of Penan society to date. Written in a compelling and accessible style, the narrative tells the shocking history of the Penan, exposing massacres and murders, while recounting the nomads’ uniquely shy and peaceful way of life. In particular, the analysis focuses on the Penan’s consistently non-violent modern-day protests against rampant logging which attracted world attention in the 1980s and 1990s. The Peaceful People is essential reading for those interested in the history and culture of Borneo, the politics of logging and development, and the lives of indigenous peoples who seek new ways to survive in a hostile world.

Book Borneo Studies in History  Society and Culture

Download or read book Borneo Studies in History Society and Culture written by Victor T. King and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book is the first major review of what has been achieved in Borneo Studies to date. Chapters in this book situate research on Borneo within the general disciplinary fields of the social sciences, with the weight of attention devoted to anthropological research and related fields such as development studies, gender studies, environmental studies, social policy studies and cultural studies. Some of the chapters in this book are extended versions of presentations at the Borneo Research Council’s international conference hosted by Universiti Brunei Darussalam in June 2012 and a Borneo Studies workshop organised in Brunei in 2012. The volume examines some of the major debates and controversies in Borneo Studies, including those which have served to connect post-war research on Borneo to wider scholarship. It also assesses some of the more recent contributions and interests of locally based researchers in universities and other institutions in Borneo itself. The major strength of the book is the inclusion of a substantial amount of research undertaken by scholars working and teaching within the Southeast Asian region. In particular there is an examination of research materials published in the vernacular, notably the outpouring of work published in Indonesian by the Institut Dayakologi in Pontianak. In doing so, the book also addresses the urgent matters which have not received the attention they deserve, specifically subjects, themes and issues that have already been covered but require further contemplation, elaboration and research, and the scope for disciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration in Borneo Studies. The book is a valuable resource and reference work for students and researchers interested in social science scholarship on Borneo, and for those with wider interests in Indonesia and Malaysia, and in the Southeast Asian region.

Book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter Gatherers

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter Gatherers written by Vicki Cummings and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 1361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, including critical engagements with older debates, new theoretical perspectives, and renewed obligations for greater engagement between researchers and indigenous communities. Chapters provide in-depth archaeological, historical, and anthropological case-studies, and examine far-reaching questions about human social relations, attitudes to technology, ecology, and management of resources and the environment, as well as issues of diet, health, and gender relations - all central topics in hunter-gatherer research, but also themes that have great relevance for modern global society and its future challenges. The Handbook also provides a strategic vision for how the integration of new methods, approaches, and study regions can ensure that future research into the archaeology and anthropology of hunter-gatherers will continue to deliver penetrating insights into the factors that underlie all human diversity.

Book A Historical Geography of the British Colonies

Download or read book A Historical Geography of the British Colonies written by Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Translations on South and East Asia

Download or read book Translations on South and East Asia written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Historical Geography of the British Colonies  The Mediterranean and Eastern colonies  2nd ed   1906

Download or read book A Historical Geography of the British Colonies The Mediterranean and Eastern colonies 2nd ed 1906 written by Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Sarawak Government Gazette

Download or read book The Sarawak Government Gazette written by Sarawak and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kuching

Download or read book Kuching written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: