Paul H Kratoska
Biographic Data
| ID | 382817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul H Kratoska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul H |
| FAMILY NAME | Kratoska |
| SIGNATURE | KRATOSKA P H |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1374-889X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Escape from the Thailand-Burma Railway: The Wartime Journey of Teh bin Said
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 97, Part 1, No. 326, June 2024
Some First-Hand Accounts of the Japanese Occupation
First-hand accounts of life during wartime reveal how social and economic stress distorts everyday interactions. This article presents unpublished accounts of incidents during and after the Japanese Occupation of Malaya. It is divided into three parts: Escaping the Japanese, Co-existing with the Japanese, and Resisting the Japanese
The Trading Environment in the Melaka Straits, c. 1800–1830
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 96, Part 1, No. 324, June 2023
Reflections on the Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Reflections on the Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Tan Sri Dato Haji Mubin Sheppard and Paul H. Kratoska Publication is one of the principal activities of most scholarly associations, including the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Society's mission is to collect, disseminate, and preserve information about Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, and to fulfil this goal, it publishes a journal, original mono…
South East Asia: Colonial History
Volume I: Imperialism before 1800 [Edited by Peter Borschberg] Volume II: Empire-Building in the Nineteenth-Century Volume III: High Imperialism Volume IV: Imperial Decline: Nationalism and the Japanese Challenge Volume V: Peaceful Transitions to Independence Volume VI: Independence through Violent Struggle
Documents from Malaysian History
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 93, Part 1, No. 318, June 2020
The "highly interesting" settlement of "Sincapore", 1819–1825
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 92, Part 1, No. 316, June 2019
Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire
The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45: A Social and Economic History
Nicholas Tarling (1931–2017)
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 90, Part 1, No. 312, June 2017
Who wrote A Yellow Sleuth
Who wrote A Yellow Sleuth? Paul Kratoska, Publishing Director Who wrote A Yellow Sleuth? While fossicking around in the basement of a bookstore in Paris a number of years ago, I came across a ratty looking copy of a book entitled Souvenirs d’un Agent Malais. The author, named as Nor Nalla, was described as a Detective-Sergeant in the Federated Malay States Police. The book was published in Paris in 1934 by the Payot publishing house, and was a tr…
Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia
Southeast Asia From the Japanese Occupation to Independence
Selangor and Perak in 1942 (皇紀 2602): Japan’s Occupation of Malaya Begins
After Japanese forces seized control of British Malaya early in 1942, they maintained the existing administrative arrangements while preparing to introduce a new style of governance. Accounts of the war and occupation generally anticipate Japan’s capitulation three and a half years later, but this outcome was far from inevitable, and in 1942 residents of Malaya had every reason to think that the New Order taking shape in that year represented the…
Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire: Unknown Histories
Southeast Asian Minorities in the Wartime Japanese Empire
Prologue Paul H. Kratoska Japan and South-East Asia 1. The Japanese Imperium and South-East Asia: An Overview Gregory Clancey Burma/Myanmar 2. The Karen of Burma under Japanese Rule Paul H. Kratoska 3. Between China and the Japanese: Wartime Affairs in Kokang State and the Failure of the Spiers Mission Paul H. Kratoska Indonesia 4. Japanese Policy towards the Chinese on Java, 1942-1945: A Preliminary Outline Elly Touwen-Bouwsma 5. Chinese Leaders…
Chettiar Moneylenders and Rural Credit in British Malaya
Nattukottai Chettiar moneylenders were a major source of investment capital in British Malaya during the nineteenth century. They gained notoriety when rural indebtedness became an issue in the 1920s and 1930s, but their significance went far beyond loans to small farmers. This article draws together archival material and recent research findings to describe how Chettiar moneylending evolved as firms broadened their business activities, and why a…
Timor Lorosae. Materials on East Timor during World War II. Compiled by The Forum For Historical Documents On East Timor During The Japanese Occupation Period. Tokyo: Ryukei Shyosha, 2008. Pp. 325, In…
Timor Lorosae. Materials on East Timor during World War II. Compiled by The Forum For Historical Documents On East Timor During The Japanese Occupation Period. Tokyo: Ryukei Shyosha, 2008. Pp. 325, Index. - Volume 41 Issue 2
Singapore, Hong Kong and the End of Empire
As major Asian trading centres and former British colonies, Singapore and Hong Kong inevitably have parallel histories. Although their destinies diverged in the latter part of the twentieth century, comparisons between the two places are useful in developing an understanding of the historical circumstances of each city, and also in developing regional perspectives. The burden of the present article lies in three arguments. First, while the Japane…
Malaysia. World Bibliographical Series. Volume 12. Revised Edition. Compiled by Ooi Keat Gin. Oxford, Santa Barbara, Denver: Clio Press, 1999. Pp. xlviii, 435. Maps, Index
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Japanese Occupation of Malaya 1941-1945: A Social and Economic History
R. Suntharalingam 1936-1998
Obituary| November 01 1998 R. Suntharalingam 1936–1998 Paul H. Kratoska Paul H. Kratoska National University of Singapore Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (4): 1243. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002191180006321X Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon…
Malaya and Singapore During the Japanese Occupation
Southeast Asia - A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to South and South-East Asia. 2 volumes. Compiled by J.D. Pearson. London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1989, 19…
Southeast Asia - A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to South and South-East Asia. 2 volumes. Compiled by J.D. Pearson. London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1989, 1990. Indexes. - Volume 26 Issue 2
Banana Money: Consequences of the Demonetization of Wartime Japanese Currency in British Malaya
Japanese forces attacked Malaya late in 1941 and, by 15 February 1942, had occupied the entire peninsula as well as Singapore. Among other changes, the Japanese regime introduced a new currency. Pre-war British currency remained legal tender but rapidly vanished from the open market, and by 1943 the economy operated on Japanese currency, commonly referred to as “banana” money because the ten-dollar note featured a banana plant. By the end of the …
The British Empire and the Southeast Asian Rice Crisis of 1919-1921
From 1919 through 1921, a combination of poor rice harvests and speculative buying caused unprecedented rice shortages in Southeast Asia and led to imposition of government controls over the rice industry. Because there were large workforces in South and Southeast Asia entirely dependent upon imported rice, the shortages were potentially very serious. Malaya and the East Coast Residency of Sumatra, for example, exported non-edible primary product…
The Peripatetic Peasant and Land Tenure in British Malaya
The idea that Malay peasants have a close attachment to their land is a common place in both historical and contemporary writings about Malaya, and since the 1890s land legislation has been oriented toward bringing into being and preserving a landowning peasantry. The files of the colonial administration, however, contain numerous complaints about peasants disposing of their holdings. Officials and later commentators have tended to view such beha…
Rice Cultivation and the Ethnic Division of Labor in British Malaya
The idea that the British colonial administration of Malaya systematically excluded non-Malays from rice cultivation has gained some currency in writings on Malaysian history and has become an important part of a model of colonial exploitation. According to this model, the British administration of Malaya undertook to maximize revenue and to serve the needs of British capital by pursuing a policy of ethnic division of labor, with Chinese working …
Chettiar Moneylenders and Rural Credit in British Malaya
Nattukottai Chettiar moneylenders were a major source of investment capital in British Malaya during the nineteenth century. They gained notoriety when rural indebtedness became an issue in the 1920s and 1930s, but their significance went far beyond loans to small farmers. This article draws together archival material and recent research findings to describe how Chettiar moneylending evolved as firms broadened their business activities, and why a…
Banana Money: Consequences of the Demonetization of Wartime Japanese Currency in British Malaya
Japanese forces attacked Malaya late in 1941 and, by 15 February 1942, had occupied the entire peninsula as well as Singapore. Among other changes, the Japanese regime introduced a new currency. Pre-war British currency remained legal tender but rapidly vanished from the open market, and by 1943 the economy operated on Japanese currency, commonly referred to as “banana” money because the ten-dollar note featured a banana plant. By the end of the …
The Chettiar and the Yeoman
Rice Cultivation and the Ethnic Division of Labor in British Malaya
The idea that the British colonial administration of Malaya systematically excluded non-Malays from rice cultivation has gained some currency in writings on Malaysian history and has become an important part of a model of colonial exploitation. According to this model, the British administration of Malaya undertook to maximize revenue and to serve the needs of British capital by pursuing a policy of ethnic division of labor, with Chinese working …
Ends that we cannot foresee”: Malay Reservations in British Malaya
Malaya at the start of the twentieth century, in common with much of the non-European world, had a peasant economy upon which a highly capitalized export economy was being grafted. The main export in the 19th century was tin, but tin took second place to rubber by 1916. There was, as is characteristic of export economies, a great disparity between the resources, particularly capital, available to the indigenous peasant population and those availa…
The Peripatetic Peasant and Land Tenure in British Malaya
The idea that Malay peasants have a close attachment to their land is a common place in both historical and contemporary writings about Malaya, and since the 1890s land legislation has been oriented toward bringing into being and preserving a landowning peasantry. The files of the colonial administration, however, contain numerous complaints about peasants disposing of their holdings. Officials and later commentators have tended to view such beha…
Honourable Intentions. Talks on the British Empire in SouthEast Asia Delivered at the Royal Colonial Institute, 1874-1928
The Post-1945 Food Shortage in British Malaya
British Malaya before the Japanese occupation was heavily dependent on imported rice, producing on average only 35 per cent of its requirements between 1920 and 1940. During the 1930s, efforts were made to expand rice cultivation, but progress was slow and did not even keep pace with population growth: imports increased at the same rate as domestic production. As war approached, the government of Malaya built up a stockpile of rice and had about …
The British Empire and the Southeast Asian Rice Crisis of 1919-1921
From 1919 through 1921, a combination of poor rice harvests and speculative buying caused unprecedented rice shortages in Southeast Asia and led to imposition of government controls over the rice industry. Because there were large workforces in South and Southeast Asia entirely dependent upon imported rice, the shortages were potentially very serious. Malaya and the East Coast Residency of Sumatra, for example, exported non-edible primary product…
Banana Money: Consequences of the Demonetization of Wartime Japanese Currency in British Malaya
Japanese forces attacked Malaya late in 1941 and, by 15 February 1942, had occupied the entire peninsula as well as Singapore. Among other changes, the Japanese regime introduced a new currency. Pre-war British currency remained legal tender but rapidly vanished from the open market, and by 1943 the economy operated on Japanese currency, commonly referred to as “banana” money because the ten-dollar note featured a banana plant. By the end of the …
Southeast Asia - A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to South and South-East Asia. 2 volumes. Compiled by J.D. Pearson. London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1989, 19…
Southeast Asia - A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to South and South-East Asia. 2 volumes. Compiled by J.D. Pearson. London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1989, 1990. Indexes. - Volume 26 Issue 2
Malaya and Singapore During the Japanese Occupation
R. Suntharalingam 1936-1998
Obituary| November 01 1998 R. Suntharalingam 1936–1998 Paul H. Kratoska Paul H. Kratoska National University of Singapore Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (4): 1243. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002191180006321X Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon…
The Japanese Occupation of Malaya 1941-1945: A Social and Economic History
Malaysia. World Bibliographical Series. Volume 12. Revised Edition. Compiled by Ooi Keat Gin. Oxford, Santa Barbara, Denver: Clio Press, 1999. Pp. xlviii, 435. Maps, Index
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Singapore, Hong Kong and the End of Empire
As major Asian trading centres and former British colonies, Singapore and Hong Kong inevitably have parallel histories. Although their destinies diverged in the latter part of the twentieth century, comparisons between the two places are useful in developing an understanding of the historical circumstances of each city, and also in developing regional perspectives. The burden of the present article lies in three arguments. First, while the Japane…
Timor Lorosae. Materials on East Timor during World War II. Compiled by The Forum For Historical Documents On East Timor During The Japanese Occupation Period. Tokyo: Ryukei Shyosha, 2008. Pp. 325, In…
Timor Lorosae. Materials on East Timor during World War II. Compiled by The Forum For Historical Documents On East Timor During The Japanese Occupation Period. Tokyo: Ryukei Shyosha, 2008. Pp. 325, Index. - Volume 41 Issue 2
Southeast Asian Minorities in the Wartime Japanese Empire
Prologue Paul H. Kratoska Japan and South-East Asia 1. The Japanese Imperium and South-East Asia: An Overview Gregory Clancey Burma/Myanmar 2. The Karen of Burma under Japanese Rule Paul H. Kratoska 3. Between China and the Japanese: Wartime Affairs in Kokang State and the Failure of the Spiers Mission Paul H. Kratoska Indonesia 4. Japanese Policy towards the Chinese on Java, 1942-1945: A Preliminary Outline Elly Touwen-Bouwsma 5. Chinese Leaders…
Chettiar Moneylenders and Rural Credit in British Malaya
Nattukottai Chettiar moneylenders were a major source of investment capital in British Malaya during the nineteenth century. They gained notoriety when rural indebtedness became an issue in the 1920s and 1930s, but their significance went far beyond loans to small farmers. This article draws together archival material and recent research findings to describe how Chettiar moneylending evolved as firms broadened their business activities, and why a…
Asian Labor in the Wartime Japanese Empire: Unknown Histories
Southeast Asia From the Japanese Occupation to Independence
Selangor and Perak in 1942 (皇紀 2602): Japan’s Occupation of Malaya Begins
After Japanese forces seized control of British Malaya early in 1942, they maintained the existing administrative arrangements while preparing to introduce a new style of governance. Accounts of the war and occupation generally anticipate Japan’s capitulation three and a half years later, but this outcome was far from inevitable, and in 1942 residents of Malaya had every reason to think that the New Order taking shape in that year represented the…
Who wrote A Yellow Sleuth
Who wrote A Yellow Sleuth? Paul Kratoska, Publishing Director Who wrote A Yellow Sleuth? While fossicking around in the basement of a bookstore in Paris a number of years ago, I came across a ratty looking copy of a book entitled Souvenirs d’un Agent Malais. The author, named as Nor Nalla, was described as a Detective-Sergeant in the Federated Malay States Police. The book was published in Paris in 1934 by the Payot publishing house, and was a tr…
Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia
Nicholas Tarling (1931–2017)
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 90, Part 1, No. 312, June 2017
The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45: A Social and Economic History
The "highly interesting" settlement of "Sincapore", 1819–1825
Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - Volume 92, Part 1, No. 316, June 2019
History (26 works) · Asian Studies and History (23 works) · Political science (21 works) · Ancient history (16 works) · Geography (16 works) · Law (12 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (9 works) · Sociology (9 works)