Prince of pirates : the temenggongs and the development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885 / Carl A. Trocki.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Trocki, Carl A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johor (Malaysia)--History.

Johor (Malaysia).

Singapore--History.

Singapore.

History.

Malaya--History.

Malaya.

Physical Description:

xiv, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, 2007.

Summary:

No country's history is so well documented yet so poorly understood as that of a former colony. Singapore and Malaysia are particular victims of this historical paradox, and Carl Trocki's account of the history of Johor and Singapore marks a decided advance in Malaysian scholarship. A study of the Temenggongs of Johor, Prince of Pirates offers an original and highly provocative reinterpretation of eighteenth- and nineteeth-century Malaysian history, revealing continuities between the precolonial and colonial periods that have been obscured by attention givne to the European intrusion.

This new edition includes a fresh introduction by the author that positions the study within subsequent literature on Malaysian history, the Chinese migration, the opium trade and the history of the British Empire in Asia. It also explains the role the book played in pioneering a number of important initiatives in Malaysian studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Currencies and Weights xiv

1 Prelude to Singapore, 1784-1819 21

2 The Prince of Pirates, 1819-1825 56

3 The Temenggong of Singapore, 1825-1848 75

4 The Temenggong and the Chinese, 1844-1860 98

5 Abu Bakar takes Command, 1860-1873 128

6 Johor and the Maharaja, 1873-1884 161

7 Johor in 1885: Prospeccts 190

8 The Transformation of the Maritime Polity 207

Appendix A Reports on Piracy 215

Appendix B Comparative List of Kanchu and Surat Sungai 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index.

ISBN:

9789971693763

9971693763

OCLC:

188700532