JMBRAS Vol. 94, Part 2 (December 2021)

Series: Journal of the Malayan/Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Date: December 2021

How Many Polities Called Tanjungpura Have There Been in Borneo? — F. Andrew Smith (pp. 1–25)
‘Sixteen Naked Indians’: First Contact between the British and the Orang Asli — Teckwyn Lim (pp. 27–42)
Malays in the Indochinese Peninsula: The Rise and Fall of a ‘Tuan’ in Precolonial Mainland Southeast Asia — Nicolas Weber (pp. 43–65)
References to Singapore and its Straits from the 16th to the Early 19th Century — P. Borschberg, B.J.Q. Khoo (pp. 67–95)
The Uses of Magic: Local Knowledge and the ‘Unscientific Native’ in Colonial Malaya — Farish A. Noor (pp. 97–119)
Colonial birding in the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Birds from the Selangor Museum now in World Museum, Liverpool — John-James Wilson (pp. 121–139)
Becoming Malay: The Case of the Batak Orphans in 1930s Perak — Lynn Hollen Lees (pp. 141–167)
The Kingdom of Perak — J.E. De La Croix, C. Dyer (pp. 169–184)
William Scott in Penang: Missing Material, Maritime Matters, and More — F. Andrew Smith (pp. 185–197)
Federated Malay States Museum, Kuala Lumpur, 21 September 1945, Office of Strategic Services, India Burma Theater. Facsimile reprint — Anon (pp. 197–200)
Jacques de Morgan’s Explorations in the Malay Peninsula, 1884. . Jaunay — K. Endicott (pp. 201–203) [Review]
Empires of Vice: The Rise of Opium Prohibition Across Asia. D.S. Kim — S. Soon Sien Yong (pp. 203–206) [Review]
Christian Circulations: Global Christianity and the Local Church in Penang and Singapore 1819–2000. J. DeBernardi — B.W. Andaya (pp. 206–210) [Review]
Cross-Cultural Exchange and the Colonial Imaginary: Global Encounters via Southeast Asia. . Hazel Hahn — Nicolas Weber (pp. 210–212) [Review]
Mosques and Imams: Everyday Islam in Eastern Indonesia. . Robinson — T. Gibson (pp. 212–217) [Review]
Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial law and Arabs in Southeast Asia. Nurfadzilah Yahaya — Sai Siew-Min (pp. 217–219) [Review]
Sea Nomads of Southeast Asia: From the Past to the Present. . Bellina, R. Blench, and J.-C. Galipaud — A.O. Zakharov (pp. 220–223) [Review]
Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability. G. Sim — N. Chan (pp. 224–225) [Review]
The Bugis Chronicle of Bone. . Macknight, Mukhlis Paeni, and Mukhlis Hadrawi — Salina Hj Zainol (pp. 225–226) [Review]
Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History — Nurhidayahti Mohammad Miharja (pp. 227–230) [Review]
Seaways and Gatekeepers: Trade and State in the Eastern Archipelagos of Southeast Asia, c.1600–c.1906. H. Sutherland — S. Farram (pp. 230–232) [Review]
In the Name of the Battle Against Piracy: Ideas and Practices in State Monopoly of Maritime Violence in Europe and Asia in the Period of Transition. A. Ota — S. Abel (pp. 232–234) [Review]
Revisiting Malaya: Uncovering Historical and Political Thoughts in Nusantara — Liaw Siau Chi (pp. 234–236) [Review]
A Borneo Healing Romance: Ritual Storytelling and the Sugi Sakit, A Saribas Iban Rite of Healing. C. Sather — Kamal Solhaimi Fadzil (pp. 236–238) [Review]

JMBRAS Vol. 94, Part 2 (December 2021)

JMBRAS Vol. 94, Part 2 (December 2021)

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