Power and Prowess: The origins of Brooke kingship in Sarawak

by J.H. Walker

In this significant reinterpretation of Sarawak history, John Walker explores the network of power, economic, and ritual relationships that developed on the northwest coast of Borneo in the mid-nineteenth century, from which a coalition led by James Brooke established the state of Sarawak.

Where many authors placed Brooke in the context of nineteenth-century British imperialism, this study perceived him in the context of Bornean cultures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824825004
• ISBN13: 9780824825003
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"