The Cocos Malays: Perspectives from Anthropology and History by Nicholas Herrima

The Cocos Malays

by Nicholas Herriman

Looking at the past from an anthropological perspective, this book deploys and analyses a variety of anthropological concepts to understand the history of Cocos Malay society.

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Looking at the past from an anthropological perspective, this book deploys and analyses a variety of anthropological concepts to understand the history of Cocos Malay society. Around 400 Cocos Malays reside on their remote Indian Ocean atoll, the Cocos Islands. Possessing a unique culture and dialect, they could be considered Australia's oldest Muslim and oldest Malay group. Yet their society only developed over the past two centuries. In the early 1800s, a European gathered about one hundred slaves from around Southeast Asia. After settling on Cocos, a dynasty of rulers tried to distinguish themselves as European kings.  Under them, the Southeast Asians in the group toiled in the export of coconuts. But despite this, these Southeast Asians influenced and intermarried with the rulers. As a result, a Eurasian society developed. The Cocos Malays were initially implicated in Southeast Asian and wider Indian Ocean trade and communication networks. Later, this connectivity intensified through technologies such as telegraph cable and the Internet. This book uses the history of the Cocos Malays to explore questions of broader interest to anthropologists, such as how concepts from the overlap of history and anthropology 'unlock' the history of societies; how we can usefully combine the 'indigenous' concepts like "kerajaan" with internationally accepted concepts like class; and what is obscured when we use the concepts from the anthropology-history crossover to understand the past.

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Looking at the past from an anthropological perspective, this book deploys and analyses a variety of anthropological concepts to understand the history of Cocos Malay society. Around 400 Cocos Malays reside on their remote Indian Ocean atoll, the Cocos Islands. Possessing a unique culture and dialect, they could be considered Australia's oldest Muslim and oldest Malay group. Yet their society only developed over the past two centuries. In the early 1800s, a European gathered about one hundred slaves from around Southeast Asia. After settling on Cocos, a dynasty of rulers tried to distinguish themselves as European kings. Under them, the Southeast Asians in the group toiled in the export of coconuts. But despite this, these Southeast Asians influenced and intermarried with the rulers. As a result, a Eurasian society developed. The Cocos Malays were initially implicated in Southeast Asian and wider Indian Ocean trade and communication networks. Later, this connectivity intensified through technologies such as telegraph cable and the Internet. This book uses the history of the Cocos Malays to explore questions of broader interest to anthropologists, such as how concepts from the overlap of history and anthropology 'unlock' the history of societies; how we can usefully combine the 'indigenous' concepts like "kerajaan" with internationally accepted concepts like class; and what is obscured when we use the concepts from the anthropology-history crossover to understand the past. Nicholas Herriman is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at La Trobe University, Australia.

Author Biography

Nicholas Herriman is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at La Trobe University, Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. 4Places in this History. 5People in this History. 6Preface. 9Ch I. Introduction: An Englishman in Southeast Asia (1801-1815) 10·         Europeans in Southeast Asia (1500-1800):  The Age of Commerce & the Companies. 10·         Merchant in Malacca (1801-1811): Merchant Adventurers & Country Traders. 15·         Planning the Invasion of Java (1811):  French Revolution & European Wars. 17·         1812 Moluko Land Grant: Kingdom.. 19·         Plans for Borneo: Pirates. 22·         Raffles' Instructions (1813-1814): Convicts. 25·         Moluko: White Rajahs. 28·         Summary. 30Ch II. Across the Indian Ocean (1816-1826) 31·         Returning the Convicts 1816: Legitimacy. 31·         The End of Moluko 1818: Dutch-British Rivalry. 34·         Java-Lombok (1819): Background of Slavery. 36·         Bencoolen 1820: Emancipation & Liberty. 39·         Cape Town (1820): Malayness. 43·         On the Cape (1820-1826): Anti-slavery. 47·         To the Cocos Islands (1826): Indian Ocean History. 51·         Summary. 52Ch III. Rule & Rebellion (1826-1871) 54·         On Cocos (1826-1829):  Social Banditry. 54·         Claiming Cocos (1829-1830):  Sovereignty and Protection. 57·         Start of the Dynasty (1831-1836):  A 'big man'?. 61·         1837 Revolt:  Social Contract 64·         1857 Annexation: Reluctant Colonialism.. 68·         Bantamese Riot (1864, 1870, or 1871): Primitive Rebels. 71·         Summary. 74Ch IV. Age of Empire (1875-WWI):  Capitalism & Imperialism.. 75·         Coolies (1875-1908): Indentured Laborers. 75·         1886 Indenture: Imperialism.. 77·         Cultural Change: Plural or Mestizo society?. 79·         The Coconut Operation: Plantation & Hacienda. 83·         Christmas Island (1888-1900s): Mining. 86·         Cable (1901) & Wireless (1910):  Global Communications. 89·         Summary. 91Ch V.  World Connection & Conflict (1910-1955) 93·         Merging of the Cocos Malays 1910-1920: Isolation & Connection. 93·         Village Authority (1920s & 1930s) : Race & Gender. 95·         The Japanese Advance (1941-1942): Anti-imperialism.. 97·         Air War & Cocos (1942-1946): Cargo. 100·         1948 Labor Strike: Class Struggle. 103·         Exodus (1949-1951): Malay diaspora. 106·         Summary. 110Ch VI. The Last Clunies-Ross ruler (1951-1978) 112·         Transfer to Australia (1951-55):  End of Empire?. 112·         To Christmas Island (1958-1959): Javanese Ideas of Power. 116·         1959-1974 Australia gets more involved: Neocolonialism?. 118·         1974 UN Visit: Decolonization. 122·         1978 Buy Out: 'People without history' 125·         End of Clunies Ross Rule: Internal and External Factors. 127·         Summary. 130Ch VII. Integrated in Australia? (1984-2020s) 131·         Act of Self-Determination 1984:  Individual and community. 131·         1980s & 1990s: Seeking the State. 135·         Language Controversy (2009): Language and Identity. 137·         Indigenous Cocos Malays (2017): Indigeneity. 139·         2020s: Current Issues. 140·         Summary. 142

Feature

Provides one of the first scholarly histories of Cocos Malay history Provides an anthropological analysis of historical sources, drawing on fieldwork as well as oral histories Uses the Cocos Malay as a case study to explore broader questions of the overlap of anthropology and history

Details ISBN3031107462 Author Nicholas Herriman Short Title The Cocos Malays Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 3031107462 ISBN-13 9783031107467 Format Hardcover Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Perspectives from Anthropology and History Edition 1st Country of Publication Switzerland Pages 200 Illustrations 5 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 200 p. 5 illus. Publication Date 2022-10-27 UK Release Date 2022-10-27 Edition Description 1st ed. 2022 Alternative 9783031107498 DEWEY 305.8992809696 Audience Professional & Vocational

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• Condition: Brand new
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9783031107467
• Author: Nicholas Herriman
• Book Title: The Cocos Malays

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