Punitive expeditions and divine revenge: Oral and colonial histories of rebellion and pacification in Western Borneo, 1886-1902

Ethnohistory

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 609-636

  Wadley, Reed L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 4043162816     PISSN: 00141801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00141801-51-3-609     Document Type: Review

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