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Iranun and Balangingi: Globalization, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity
By James F. Warren The aim of this book is to explore ethnic, cultural and material changes in the transformative history(s) of oceans and seas, commodities and populations, mariners and ships, and raiders and refugees in Southeast Asia, with particular...
Mosques and Imams: Everyday Islam in Eastern Indonesia
Edited by Kathryn M. Robinson With contributions from Adlin Sila, Wahyuddin Halim, Faried F. Saenong, Eva Nisa, Yasir Alimi, Stella Hutagalung, Andrew McWilliam, Phillip Winn Islam is at home in many of the areas of eastern Indonesia, with the early...
The Sulu Zone: The Dynamics of External Trade, Slavery and Ethnicity in the Transformation of a Southeast Asian Maritime State, 1768-1898
By James F. Warren First published in 1981, The Sulu Zone deals with a fascinating geographical, cultural and historical "border zone" centered on the Sulu and Celebes Seas between 1768 and 1898, and its complex interactions with China and the...
Ah Ku and Karayuki-san: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940
By James F. Warren Among the many groups of workers whose labor built Singapore in the 20th century, there may be none as marginalized in memory as the women who travelled from China and Japan to work in Singapore as...
Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940
By James F. Warren Between 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to serve its rapidly growing economy. This book chronicles the vast movement of coolies between China and the Nanyang, and their...
Indonesian Grammar in Context: Asyik Berbahasa Indonesia Volume 1
By Ellen Rafferty and Molly Burns and Shintia Argazali-Thomas Indonesian Grammar in Context (Asyik Berbahasa Indonesia) provides beginning, intermediate, and advanced learners with an introduction to the basic grammatical structures of Indonesian in three richly illustrated volumes. Although numerous varieties...
Tana Toraja: A Social History of an Indonesian People
By Terance W. Bigalke Tana Toraja is a highland region in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, best known today for its exquisite Arabica coffee and as an exotic destination for cultural tourism. Toraja is a place, but more importantly,...