Ooi Keat Gin
Biographic Data
| ID | 271022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ooi Keat Gin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ooi Keat |
| FAMILY NAME | Gin |
| SIGNATURE | GIN O K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Abu Talib bin Ahmad (1952–2025)
The Tribulations of a Man Who Would Be King: Anthoni Brooke of Sarawak (1912–2011)
Born with prospects succession to the Brooke dynasty in Sarawak, Anthony Brooke was of rulership and thrice demoted from the royal estate, a rise and fall that took place over three years of direct involvement in the affairs of Sarawak. A falling out with his uncle, Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke (r. 1917–41, 1946) before the war and a clash over the post-war cession of Sarawak to the British Crown sealed Anthony's fate. The present reviews the end o…
Cheah Boon Kheng (1939–2015): A Tribute
‘Bridge’ to ‘Fence’ A Maritime History of the Straits of Malacca
Oceans, seas, straits and other bodies of water may pose as dividers between lands, but at the same time, function as bridges interconnecting diverse territories. The latter ascribed a positive attribute in characterizing oceans, seas, straits as linkages between islands, and islands with continents. This study emphasizes the history of the Straits of Malacca and its role to the dynamic of world interconnecting networks. The Straits of Malacca (h…
Framing Asian Studies: Geopolitics and Institutions ed. by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter, Ekaterina Koldunova
Reviewed by: Framing Asian Studies: Geopolitics and Institutions ed. by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter, Ekaterina Koldunova Ooi Keat Gin Framing Asian Studies: Geopolitics and Institutions by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter, and Ekaterina Koldunova (eds) Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Publishing, 2018. Area Studies, that has conspicuously adopted an interdisciplinary approach in order to garner as much knowledge, infor…
The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941–1945: A Social and Economic History (2nd edn) by Paul H. Kratoska
Historical Dictionary of Malaysia
Malaysia is one of the most intriguing countries in Asia in many respects. It consists of several distinct areas, not only geographically but ethnically as well; along with Malays and related groups, the country has a very large Indian and Chinese population. The spoken languages obviously vary at home, although Bahasa Malaysia is the official language and nearly everyone speaks English. There is also a mixture of religions, with Islam predominat…
Tunku: An Odyssey of a Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved by Kobkua Suwannathat Pian
Reviewed by: Tunku: An Odyssey of a Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved by Kobkua Suwannathat Pian Ooi Keat Gin Tunku: An Odyssey of a Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved Kobkua Suwannathat Pian Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2017. ISBN 9-789831-008614 Between the late 1950s and early 2000s, there at least ten biographies of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj (1903–90) were published. Additionally, there were scores of Tunku's semi-autobiographical…
David Chandler, Robert Cribb, and Li Narangoa, End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World
Peter Nicholas Tarling: A Tribute
Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony & Conflict by Syed Husin Ali
Reviewed by: Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony & Conflict by Syed Husin Ali Ooi Keat Gin Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony & Conflict Syed Husin Ali + New edition. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD), 2015. First published 2008. ISBN 978-967-0630-45-8 We know that conflicts and killings occur when one group tries to use race or ethnicity in order to perpetrate its racial or ethnic superior…
Brunei - History, Islam, Society and Contemporary Issues
Introduction PART I: GENESIS, HISTORICAL TIES AND CONTEMPORARY RELATIONS 1. The 'Birth' of Brunei: Early Polities of the Northwest Coast of Borneo and the Origins of Brunei, tenth to mid-fourteenth centuries Stephen Charles Druce 2. Silsilah Raja-Raja Brunei: The Brunei Sultanate and Its Relationship with Other Countries Ampuan Haji Brahim bin Ampuan Haji Tengah 3. Brunei's Foreign Relations: Maintaining and Developing Its Identity in a Rapidly C…
Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1350-1800
Introduction Part 1: Diplomatic and Inter-State Relations 1. Status and Security in Early Southeast Asian State Systems Nicholas TARLING 2. Alexandrowicz Re-visited: Strange Legal Parallels in the Indian Ocean and Western European World Systems, 1500-1800 Eric WILSON 3. The Phrakhlang Ministry of Ayutthaya: Siamese Instrument to Cope with the Early Modern World Bhawan RUANGSILP Part 2: Interactions and Transactions 4. Applying the Seas Perspectiv…
Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State-Building
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 Japanes…
Borneo Transformed: Agricultural Expansion on the Southeast Asian Frontier (review)
The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-45
1. Introduction 2. Prewar Borneo 3. On the Road to War 4. The Japanese Invasion and Occupation of Bornoe 5. The Partition of Borneo 6. Kita Boruneo 7. Minami Boruneo 8. Opposition and Response 9. Between Generals and Admirals 10. End of a Era 11. Concluding Remarks
Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor [3 volumes]
An in-depth, historical encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, with coverage from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region. Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timoris the premier and authoritative reference work covering the history of the region, which consists of Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, an…
Rising Sun Over Borneo: The Japanese Occupation of Sarawak, 1941-1945
Rising Sun over Borneo: The Japanese Occupation of Sarawak, 1941-1945
This study focuses on Japanese wartime policies and their implementation, and the consequent effects these policies had on the local population. Each ethnic group, including the European community, is
A broken promise? Great britain's failure to honour treaty obligations to brooke sarawak, a british protectorate
1999). A broken promise? Great britain's failure to honour treaty obligations to brooke sarawak, a british protectorate. Indonesia and the Malay World: Vol. 27, No. 77, pp. 46-63
For Want of Rice: Sarawak's Attempts at Rice Self-Sufficiency During the Period of Brooke Rule, 1841-1941
In Sarawak under the Brooke regime, efforts to promote rice cultivation were consistently overshadowed by the channelling of capital and labour to other more profitable economic pursuits. Measures to increase domestic rice output produced few results, and the failure of Brooke rice policy was amply demonstrated when the country faced a severe rice crisis in 1919-21. However, the lessons learnt during the crisis were soon forgotten, and despite go…
Chinese Vernacular Education in Sarawak during Brooke Rule, 1841-1946
The Chinese in Sarawak, like their counterparts in other parts of Southeast Asia (Nanyang), were staunch advocates of education where every Chinese community had its own school which was built, managed and financed by local resources, and largely independent of government control
Sarawak Malay Attitudes Towards Education During the Period of Brooke Rule, 1841–1946
A government's education policy reflects its attitudes towards the people it rules. The response of the people towards this education policy in turn is determined by their needs. The Brooke Rajahs ruled Sarawak for slightly more than a century, a personal rule characterized by strong adherence to the principle that the cultures of the local inhabitants should be respected and accepted as essentially natural. There was little interference with the…
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Sarawak Malay Attitudes Towards Education During the Period of Brooke Rule, 1841–1946
A government's education policy reflects its attitudes towards the people it rules. The response of the people towards this education policy in turn is determined by their needs. The Brooke Rajahs ruled Sarawak for slightly more than a century, a personal rule characterized by strong adherence to the principle that the cultures of the local inhabitants should be respected and accepted as essentially natural. There was little interference with the…
Chinese Vernacular Education in Sarawak during Brooke Rule, 1841-1946
The Chinese in Sarawak, like their counterparts in other parts of Southeast Asia (Nanyang), were staunch advocates of education where every Chinese community had its own school which was built, managed and financed by local resources, and largely independent of government control
For Want of Rice: Sarawak's Attempts at Rice Self-Sufficiency During the Period of Brooke Rule, 1841-1941
In Sarawak under the Brooke regime, efforts to promote rice cultivation were consistently overshadowed by the channelling of capital and labour to other more profitable economic pursuits. Measures to increase domestic rice output produced few results, and the failure of Brooke rice policy was amply demonstrated when the country faced a severe rice crisis in 1919-21. However, the lessons learnt during the crisis were soon forgotten, and despite go…
Rising Sun over Borneo: The Japanese Occupation of Sarawak, 1941-1945
This study focuses on Japanese wartime policies and their implementation, and the consequent effects these policies had on the local population. Each ethnic group, including the European community, is
A broken promise? Great britain's failure to honour treaty obligations to brooke sarawak, a british protectorate
1999). A broken promise? Great britain's failure to honour treaty obligations to brooke sarawak, a british protectorate. Indonesia and the Malay World: Vol. 27, No. 77, pp. 46-63
Rising Sun Over Borneo: The Japanese Occupation of Sarawak, 1941-1945
Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor [3 volumes]
An in-depth, historical encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, with coverage from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region. Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timoris the premier and authoritative reference work covering the history of the region, which consists of Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, an…
The Japanese Occupation of Borneo, 1941-45
1. Introduction 2. Prewar Borneo 3. On the Road to War 4. The Japanese Invasion and Occupation of Bornoe 5. The Partition of Borneo 6. Kita Boruneo 7. Minami Boruneo 8. Opposition and Response 9. Between Generals and Admirals 10. End of a Era 11. Concluding Remarks
Borneo Transformed: Agricultural Expansion on the Southeast Asian Frontier (review)
Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950: Nationalism, Empire and State-Building
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 Japanes…
Brunei - History, Islam, Society and Contemporary Issues
Introduction PART I: GENESIS, HISTORICAL TIES AND CONTEMPORARY RELATIONS 1. The 'Birth' of Brunei: Early Polities of the Northwest Coast of Borneo and the Origins of Brunei, tenth to mid-fourteenth centuries Stephen Charles Druce 2. Silsilah Raja-Raja Brunei: The Brunei Sultanate and Its Relationship with Other Countries Ampuan Haji Brahim bin Ampuan Haji Tengah 3. Brunei's Foreign Relations: Maintaining and Developing Its Identity in a Rapidly C…
Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1350-1800
Introduction Part 1: Diplomatic and Inter-State Relations 1. Status and Security in Early Southeast Asian State Systems Nicholas TARLING 2. Alexandrowicz Re-visited: Strange Legal Parallels in the Indian Ocean and Western European World Systems, 1500-1800 Eric WILSON 3. The Phrakhlang Ministry of Ayutthaya: Siamese Instrument to Cope with the Early Modern World Bhawan RUANGSILP Part 2: Interactions and Transactions 4. Applying the Seas Perspectiv…
Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony & Conflict by Syed Husin Ali
Reviewed by: Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony & Conflict by Syed Husin Ali Ooi Keat Gin Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony & Conflict Syed Husin Ali + New edition. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD), 2015. First published 2008. ISBN 978-967-0630-45-8 We know that conflicts and killings occur when one group tries to use race or ethnicity in order to perpetrate its racial or ethnic superior…
Historical Dictionary of Malaysia
Malaysia is one of the most intriguing countries in Asia in many respects. It consists of several distinct areas, not only geographically but ethnically as well; along with Malays and related groups, the country has a very large Indian and Chinese population. The spoken languages obviously vary at home, although Bahasa Malaysia is the official language and nearly everyone speaks English. There is also a mixture of religions, with Islam predominat…
Tunku: An Odyssey of a Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved by Kobkua Suwannathat Pian
Reviewed by: Tunku: An Odyssey of a Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved by Kobkua Suwannathat Pian Ooi Keat Gin Tunku: An Odyssey of a Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved Kobkua Suwannathat Pian Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2017. ISBN 9-789831-008614 Between the late 1950s and early 2000s, there at least ten biographies of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj (1903–90) were published. Additionally, there were scores of Tunku's semi-autobiographical…
David Chandler, Robert Cribb, and Li Narangoa, End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World
Peter Nicholas Tarling: A Tribute
The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941–1945: A Social and Economic History (2nd edn) by Paul H. Kratoska
Framing Asian Studies: Geopolitics and Institutions ed. by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter, Ekaterina Koldunova
Reviewed by: Framing Asian Studies: Geopolitics and Institutions ed. by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter, Ekaterina Koldunova Ooi Keat Gin Framing Asian Studies: Geopolitics and Institutions by Albert Tzeng, William L. Richter, and Ekaterina Koldunova (eds) Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Publishing, 2018. Area Studies, that has conspicuously adopted an interdisciplinary approach in order to garner as much knowledge, infor…
‘Bridge’ to ‘Fence’ A Maritime History of the Straits of Malacca
Oceans, seas, straits and other bodies of water may pose as dividers between lands, but at the same time, function as bridges interconnecting diverse territories. The latter ascribed a positive attribute in characterizing oceans, seas, straits as linkages between islands, and islands with continents. This study emphasizes the history of the Straits of Malacca and its role to the dynamic of world interconnecting networks. The Straits of Malacca (h…
The Tribulations of a Man Who Would Be King: Anthoni Brooke of Sarawak (1912–2011)
Born with prospects succession to the Brooke dynasty in Sarawak, Anthony Brooke was of rulership and thrice demoted from the royal estate, a rise and fall that took place over three years of direct involvement in the affairs of Sarawak. A falling out with his uncle, Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke (r. 1917–41, 1946) before the war and a clash over the post-war cession of Sarawak to the British Crown sealed Anthony's fate. The present reviews the end o…
Cheah Boon Kheng (1939–2015): A Tribute
Abu Talib bin Ahmad (1952–2025)
History (20 works) · Asian Studies and History (17 works) · Ancient history (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Economic history (5 works) · Southeast asia (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works)