Property and Politics in Sabah, Malaysia : Native Struggles over Land Rights.
Doolittle, Amity A.
Property and Politics in Sabah, Malaysia : Native Struggles over Land Rights. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Culture, Place, and Nature Series . - Culture, Place, and Nature Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction: Powerful Persuasions: Resource Control and State Rhetoric -- 1. Colliding Discourses: Western Land Laws and Native Customary Rights in North Borneo, 1881-1928 -- 2. Redefining Native Customary Law in Govuton: Struggles over Property Rights between Native Peoples and Colonial Rulers -- 3. Resources, Ideologies, and Nationalism: The Politics of Development in Postcolonial Sabah -- 4. Land Disputes in Tempulong: Colonial Land Laws, Customary Practices, and the Postcolonial State, 1950-1996 -- Conclusion: Imagining New Environmental Futures: Alternative Strategies for Natural Resource Governance -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780295801162
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Malaysia -- Sabah.
Adat law -- Malaysia -- Sabah.
Electronic books.
KPH66.3 -- .D66 2005eb
340.5/2595/3
Property and Politics in Sabah, Malaysia : Native Struggles over Land Rights. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Culture, Place, and Nature Series . - Culture, Place, and Nature Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction: Powerful Persuasions: Resource Control and State Rhetoric -- 1. Colliding Discourses: Western Land Laws and Native Customary Rights in North Borneo, 1881-1928 -- 2. Redefining Native Customary Law in Govuton: Struggles over Property Rights between Native Peoples and Colonial Rulers -- 3. Resources, Ideologies, and Nationalism: The Politics of Development in Postcolonial Sabah -- 4. Land Disputes in Tempulong: Colonial Land Laws, Customary Practices, and the Postcolonial State, 1950-1996 -- Conclusion: Imagining New Environmental Futures: Alternative Strategies for Natural Resource Governance -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780295801162
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Malaysia -- Sabah.
Adat law -- Malaysia -- Sabah.
Electronic books.
KPH66.3 -- .D66 2005eb
340.5/2595/3