Book
Colonialism and Iban warfare
[s.n.] OBE-Tryck Sthlm • Stockholm • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Wagner, Ulla.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study deals with two major topics: (1) an enquiry into the gradual development of a specific type of colonialism under Brooke administration and its effects on the people colonized, and (2) the institution of head-hunting, which gradually changed with time and eventually ceased to be of more than an isolated and sporadic occurrence as the result of colonial government policies (p. 1). In this work Wagner discusses the history of the Brooke administration in Sarawak with particular emphasis on the punitive expeditions carried out by the government and its allies against various recalcitrant Iban groups to force them into compliance with colonial rule. Other topics discussed are basic economy, land tenure, farming techniques, settlements and social organization, leadership, and rituals and omens.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Internal migration
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Settlement patterns
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ethnic stratification
- Household
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iban
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- variable
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Ulla Wagner
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-209)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)/Head-hunters