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In the British colonial city of Singapore, municipal authorities and Asian communities faced off over numerous issues. As the city expanded, various disputes concerning issues such as sanitation, housing and street names arose. This volume details these conflicts and how they shaped the city.

The abuse of methamphetamines in Southeast Asia has become a major problem over the past decade. This book deals with the rapid spread of methamphetamines in the region and in Thailand in particular, and the impact it has had on local society.

The aim of this book is to explore ethnic, cultural and material changes in the transformative history(s) of oceans and seas, commodities and populations, mariners and ships and raiders and refugees in Southeast Asia, with particular reference to the Sulu-Mindanao region, or the "Sulu Zone".

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This work looks at one of the key transformations in the history of Singapore and Malaysia, the process by which the Malayan Chinese came to identify more and more with Malaya, and less with China.

Using international trade statistics, this book analyzes three elements in the Indonesian economy: the balance of international payments and trade, the transformation undergone by leading export industries, and the way in which the agricultural sector supplied land, labour and food.

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Represents a contribution to a broader and on-going project to examine the concept of modernity in the analysis of Indonesian and Malaysian economic, political, and cultural processes. Written by scholars from both inside and outside the region, the case studies show how the process of conducting social research in Southeast Asia might be rethought on the basis of a revised understanding of modernity. Taken together, the essays in this volume ...

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Examines urban structures in the city of Patan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley.

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Anthropology is a flourishing discipline in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian Anthropologies renders visible the development of national traditions and transnational practices of anthropology across the region.

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An account of the inter-racial conflicts between Malays and Chinese during the final stages and the aftermath of the Japanese occupation. Based on extensive archival research in Malaysia, Great Britain, Japan and the United States, Red Star Over Malaya provides a riveting account of the way the Japanese occupation reshaped colonial Malaya, and of the tension-filled months that followed surrender.

Traces the history of the Malay rulers from the late colonial period to the first decade of the 21st century, considering the implications of the decline of the Malay rulers under colonial rule, the role of the Japanese Occupation of Malaya in defining post-war Malay identity.

Banditry was rife around Batavia (modern Jakarta) during the late colonial period. This identifies the bandits and describes both their working methods and their motives, which often went beyond simple self-enrichment. It also explores the world of the victims of the robbers, who viewed them as the antithesis of civilization and made them into convenient subjects onto which respectable citizens projected their own preoccupations with sex, viol...

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Singapore's collection of Southeast Asian animals dates back to the old Raffles Museum, officially established in 1878. This book is not only an institutional history of the museum but also tells the story of frustrations, commitment and courage of the numerous individuals who battled officialdom, innovated endlessly and overcame the odds to protect Singapore's natural history heritage.

How do politicians win elected office in democratic Indonesia? During the weeks leading to Indonesia's 2014 legislative election, a team of researchers fanned across the country to record campaign events, interview candidates and canvassers, and observe their interactions with voters. Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia presents the results.