John Henry Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4774047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Henry Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Henry |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ideologies of Authority
The focus of this study is the way in which elites and the people they rule engage to create, resist or amend ideologies of power and perceptions of legitimacy. It examines as a detailed case study the differences in the ways in which the first and second Rajahs of Sarawak, James and Charles Brooke, responded to the ritual concerns of the people they sought and claimed to govern, and the consequences of those differences for the manner in which t…
Hikayat Panglima Nikosa and the Sarawak Gazette
Hikayat Panglima Nikosa (HPN) is one of northwest Borneo's earliest available texts. First published in 1876, its importance is enhanced by the relative paucity of other written material and still limited progress in the collection and transcription of the region's rich corpus of oral literature. Although written material survives from the Lingga River area, the Oya and Limbang districts, as well as from the courts of Brunei and Pontianak, the HP…
Autonomy, diversity, and dissent
Power and Prowess
IllustrationsMaps and genealogiesSpelling, weights and measuresGlossaryAbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsApproaching 19th-century Sarawak 1 Power and prowess in northwest Borneo2 Insurgency and the foundations of Brooke power3 Integration and exclusion in the early Brooke state4 The Iban challenge5 Competition, resistance and ritual in patron-client systems6 Chinese power and the failure of prowess7 The Rejang basin8 The succession to Sarawak 9 'Doing …
James Brooke and the Bidayuh
The relations between James Brooke and the various peoples of northwest Borneo have attracted considerable scholarly attention. Nineteenth-century Iban experiences have been analysed extensively and continue to provide the basis for a healthy industry in historical anthropology. Daniel Chew and Craig Lockard examined the development of the Sarawak Chinese community. Sabihah Osman explored Malay political activity during the Brooke period. In cont…
The meaning of politics and the mechanics of meaning
Anthony Milner, The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya: Contesting Nationalism and the Expansion of the Public Sphere (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995) pp.328 $75.00 ISBN 0 52145665 6
James Brooke and the Bidayuh
The relations between James Brooke and the various peoples of northwest Borneo have attracted considerable scholarly attention. Nineteenth-century Iban experiences have been analysed extensively and continue to provide the basis for a healthy industry in historical anthropology. Daniel Chew and Craig Lockard examined the development of the Sarawak Chinese community. Sabihah Osman explored Malay political activity during the Brooke period. In cont…
Hikayat Panglima Nikosa and the Sarawak Gazette
Hikayat Panglima Nikosa (HPN) is one of northwest Borneo's earliest available texts. First published in 1876, its importance is enhanced by the relative paucity of other written material and still limited progress in the collection and transcription of the region's rich corpus of oral literature. Although written material survives from the Lingga River area, the Oya and Limbang districts, as well as from the courts of Brunei and Pontianak, the HP…
The meaning of politics and the mechanics of meaning
Anthony Milner, The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya: Contesting Nationalism and the Expansion of the Public Sphere (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995) pp.328 $75.00 ISBN 0 52145665 6
James Brooke and the Bidayuh
The relations between James Brooke and the various peoples of northwest Borneo have attracted considerable scholarly attention. Nineteenth-century Iban experiences have been analysed extensively and continue to provide the basis for a healthy industry in historical anthropology. Daniel Chew and Craig Lockard examined the development of the Sarawak Chinese community. Sabihah Osman explored Malay political activity during the Brooke period. In cont…
Power and Prowess
IllustrationsMaps and genealogiesSpelling, weights and measuresGlossaryAbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsApproaching 19th-century Sarawak 1 Power and prowess in northwest Borneo2 Insurgency and the foundations of Brooke power3 Integration and exclusion in the early Brooke state4 The Iban challenge5 Competition, resistance and ritual in patron-client systems6 Chinese power and the failure of prowess7 The Rejang basin8 The succession to Sarawak 9 'Doing …
Autonomy, diversity, and dissent
Ideologies of Authority
The focus of this study is the way in which elites and the people they rule engage to create, resist or amend ideologies of power and perceptions of legitimacy. It examines as a detailed case study the differences in the ways in which the first and second Rajahs of Sarawak, James and Charles Brooke, responded to the ritual concerns of the people they sought and claimed to govern, and the consequences of those differences for the manner in which t…
Hikayat Panglima Nikosa and the Sarawak Gazette
Hikayat Panglima Nikosa (HPN) is one of northwest Borneo's earliest available texts. First published in 1876, its importance is enhanced by the relative paucity of other written material and still limited progress in the collection and transcription of the region's rich corpus of oral literature. Although written material survives from the Lingga River area, the Oya and Limbang districts, as well as from the courts of Brunei and Pontianak, the HP…
Asian Studies and History (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Malay (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)