States of ethnography: Colonialism, resistance, and cultural transcription in Malaya and the Philippines, 1890s-1930s

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-142

  Goh, Daniel P S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CULTURAL HISTORY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33845600422     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417507000424     Document Type: Article

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