Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State-Building

by Ooi Keat Gin

Book Overview

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 this period. It examines the effects of the Japanese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415559596
• ISBN13: 9780415559591
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"