Origins, History and Social Structure in Brunei Darussalam
This wide-ranging book re-evaluates in detail the early history and historiography of Brunei Darussalam, the origins of the sultanate, its genealogical foundations and the structure and administration of Brunei society.
Contributors draw on the seminal work of Donald E. Brown whose major monograph on the sultanate was published in 1970 and marked the beginnings of advanced sociological, anthropological and historical research on Brunei. Among the key issues addressed are status systems, titles and social stratification, Chinese sources for the study of Brunei, Malay oral and written histories and traditions, the symbolism, meanings and origins of coronation rituals, previously unknown sources for the study of Brunei history and the processes of incorporation of minority populations into the sultanate. Contributions by leading scholars of Brunei, Borneo and the wider Indonesian-Malay world, both from within Brunei Darussalam and beyond, address some central preoccupations which Brown raised and which have been the subject of continued debate in Austronesian and Southeast Asian studies.
A novel contribution to the study of the history of Brunei Darussalam, this book will be of interest to scholars of Southeast Asian history, Asian history, Colonial and Imperial history and anthropology.
Victor T. King is Professor of Borneo Studies at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, and Emeritus Professor of South East Asian Studies, University of Leeds, UK. He is the co-author of The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia (Routledge 2006) and co-editor of the Routledge series Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia.
Stephen C. Druce is programme leader in graduate studies and research at the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He is the author of The Lands West of the Lakes: A History of the Ajattappareng Kingdoms of South Sulawesi, 1200 to 1600 CE (2009).
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Origins, History and Social Structure in Brunei Darussalam
Edited by Victor T. King and Stephen C. Druce
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Names: Brown, Donald E. (Donald Edward), 1934 honouree. | King, Victor T., editor. | Druce, Stephen C., editor.
Title: Origins, history and social structure in Brunei Darussalam / edited by Victor T. King and Stephen C. Druce.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. |
Series: The modern anthropology of South East Asia | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020023780 | ISBN 9780367553401 (hardback) | ISBN 9781003096573 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Brown, Donald E. (Donald Edward), 1934Influence. | Social structureBrunei. | EthnologyBrunei. | BruneiHistory.
Classification: LCC DS650.5.O75 2021 | DDC 959.550072dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023780
ISBN: 978-0-367-55340-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-09657-3 (ebk)
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This book contains some reprinted material. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders for their permission to reprint material. The publishers would be grateful to hear from any copyright holder who is not here acknowledged and will undertake to rectify any errors or omissions in future editions of this book.
This volume is dedicated to the memory of Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Shariffuddin bin Pengiran Metali (19362018), the first Director of the Brunei Museum whose commitment to multiculturalism gave to the Museum a unique place in the cultural development of Borneo
Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Shariffuddin bin Pengiran Metali, the first director of the Brunei Museum.
Courtesy of the Brunei Museum
Dato Paduka Haji Abdul Latif bin Haji Ibrahim (PhD), former Director of the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Assistant Director of the Brunei History Centre; author Issues in Brunei Studies (2003), Kampong Ayer, Living Memory (2012).
Donald E. Brown (PhD), Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara; author Brunei: The Structure and History of a Bornean Malay Sultanate
