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Author Wright, L. R. (Leigh R.), 1925-

Title The origins of British Borneo / L.R. Wright.

Publication Info. [Hong Kong] : Hong Kong University Press, 1988.

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Edition Repr.
Description 1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (217-225) and indexes.
Contents ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND AND SETTING: THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AREA IN THE MID 19th CENTURY; CHAPTER II BRITISH REACTION TO RIVAL POWERS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE 1860s; CHAPTER III BRITAIN AND SARAWAK 1858-1870; CHAPTER IV BRITAIN AND BRUNEI 1868-1878; CHAPTER V BRITAIN AND NORTH BORNEO; CHAPTER VI BRITISH SOLUTIONS IN BORNEO: THE PROTOCOL OF 1885 AND THE PROTECTORATES OF 1888; APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; MAPS; INDEX.
Summary The purpose of this book is to study Britain's progressive involvement in Borneo from i860 to 1888, and to show how it reflected the development of policy in London. The bulk of the work was written in 1963 as a thesis presented for the Ph. D. degree in the University of London. Part of Chapter Three of the thesis was published in the Sarawak Museum Journal, (Vol. XI, Nos. 23-24) in 1964, and parts of Chapter Six appeared in 'The Partition of Brunei' which was published in Asian Studies (Institute of Asian Studies, University of the Philippines, Quezon City) in August 1967.
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Subject Brunei -- History.
Brunei.
History.
Sabah (Malaysia) -- History.
Sarawak (Malaysia) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Wright, L.R. (Leigh R.), 1925- Origins of British Borneo. Repr. [Hong Kong] : Hong Kong University Press, 1988 9789622092136 (OCoLC)499101063
ISBN 9789882202375 (electronic book)
9882202373 (electronic book)