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This book analyses the processes of social and economic change in
Brunei Darussalam. Drawing on recent studies undertaken by both
locally based scholars and senior researchers from outside the
state, the book explores the underlying strengths, characteristics,
and uniqueness of Malay Islamic Monarchy in Brunei Darussalam in a
historical context and examines these in an increasingly
challenging regional and global environment. It considers events in
Brunei's recent history and current socio-cultural transformations,
which give expression to the traumatic years of decolonisation in
Southeast Asia. A wide range of issues focus on foreign,
non-Bruneian narratives of Brunei as against insider or domestic
accounts of the sultanate, the status of minority ethnic groups in
Brunei and the concept of 'Brunei society', as well as changes in
the character and composition of the famous 'water village',
Kampong Ayer, as the cultural heartland of Brunei Malay culture and
the socio-cultural and economic effects of the resettlement of
substantial segments of the population from a 'life on water' to a
'life on land'. A timely and very important study on Brunei
Darussalam, the book will be of interest to anthropologists,
sociologists, historians, geographers, and area studies specialists
in Southeast Asian Studies and Asian Studies.
This wide-ranging book re-evaluates in detail the early history and
historiography of Brunei Darussalam, the origins of the sultanate,
its genealogical foundations and the structure and administration
of Brunei society. Contributors draw on the seminal work of Donald
E. Brown whose major monograph on the sultanate was published in
1970 and marked the beginnings of advanced sociological,
anthropological and historical research on Brunei. Among the key
issues addressed are status systems, titles and social
stratification, Chinese sources for the study of Brunei, Malay oral
and written histories and traditions, the symbolism, meanings and
origins of coronation rituals, previously unknown sources for the
study of Brunei history and the processes of incorporation of
minority populations into the sultanate. Contributions by leading
scholars of Brunei, Borneo and the wider Indonesian-Malay world,
both from within Brunei Darussalam and beyond, address some central
preoccupations which Brown raised and which have been the subject
of continued debate in Austronesian and Southeast Asian studies. A
novel contribution to the study of the history of Brunei
Darussalam, this book will be of interest to scholars of Southeast
Asian history, Asian history, Colonial and Imperial history and
anthropology.
This book analyses the processes of social and economic change in
Brunei Darussalam. Drawing on recent studies undertaken by both
locally based scholars and senior researchers from outside the
state, the book explores the underlying strengths, characteristics,
and uniqueness of Malay Islamic Monarchy in Brunei Darussalam in a
historical context and examines these in an increasingly
challenging regional and global environment. It considers events in
Brunei's recent history and current socio-cultural transformations,
which give expression to the traumatic years of decolonisation in
Southeast Asia. A wide range of issues focus on foreign,
non-Bruneian narratives of Brunei as against insider or domestic
accounts of the sultanate, the status of minority ethnic groups in
Brunei and the concept of 'Brunei society', as well as changes in
the character and composition of the famous 'water village',
Kampong Ayer, as the cultural heartland of Brunei Malay culture and
the socio-cultural and economic effects of the resettlement of
substantial segments of the population from a 'life on water' to a
'life on land'. A timely and very important study on Brunei
Darussalam, the book will be of interest to anthropologists,
sociologists, historians, geographers, and area studies specialists
in Southeast Asian Studies and Asian Studies.
This wide-ranging book re-evaluates in detail the early history and
historiography of Brunei Darussalam, the origins of the sultanate,
its genealogical foundations and the structure and administration
of Brunei society. Contributors draw on the seminal work of Donald
E. Brown whose major monograph on the sultanate was published in
1970 and marked the beginnings of advanced sociological,
anthropological and historical research on Brunei. Among the key
issues addressed are status systems, titles and social
stratification, Chinese sources for the study of Brunei, Malay oral
and written histories and traditions, the symbolism, meanings and
origins of coronation rituals, previously unknown sources for the
study of Brunei history and the processes of incorporation of
minority populations into the sultanate. Contributions by leading
scholars of Brunei, Borneo and the wider Indonesian-Malay world,
both from within Brunei Darussalam and beyond, address some central
preoccupations which Brown raised and which have been the subject
of continued debate in Austronesian and Southeast Asian studies. A
novel contribution to the study of the history of Brunei
Darussalam, this book will be of interest to scholars of Southeast
Asian history, Asian history, Colonial and Imperial history and
anthropology.
In 2012, the Communist Party of China (CPC) inaugurated the Xi
Jinping era when it elected him to be the General Secretary of the
CPC. The following year Xi was elected President of the People's
Republic of China. The Xi Jinping era has seen a remarkable
transformation of Chinese foreign policy, which has been adjusted
to facilitate the achievement of what Xi has proclaimed as "the
Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation." Xi's Belt and Road
Initiative has become a major element of Chinese economic
diplomacy, while the Chinese military-industrial complex under his
leadership has strengthened China's extensive claims in the South
China Sea with reclamation works and the installation of military
facilities on its occupied islands. This edited volume will focus
on the countries of Southeast Asia and examine how their relations
with China have been transformed in the Xi Jinping era.
In 2012, the Communist Party of China (CPC) inaugurated the Xi
Jinping era when it elected him to be the General Secretary of the
CPC. The following year Xi was elected President of the People's
Republic of China. The Xi Jinping era has seen a remarkable
transformation of Chinese foreign policy, which has been adjusted
to facilitate the achievement of what Xi has proclaimed as "the
Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation." Xi's Belt and Road
Initiative has become a major element of Chinese economic
diplomacy, while the Chinese military-industrial complex under his
leadership has strengthened China's extensive claims in the South
China Sea with reclamation works and the installation of military
facilities on its occupied islands. This edited volume will focus
on the countries of Southeast Asia and examine how their relations
with China have been transformed in the Xi Jinping era.
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