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Asian History and Society: Regional and Comparative Perspectives British Policy Towards Siam, Cambodia, and Vietnam, 1842-1858 Nicholas Tarling Trends in Regional Association in Southeast Asia Michael Leifer Peasant Movements in Colonial Southeast Asia Harry J. Benda An Essay on the Political Functions of Corruption James C. Scott On the Changing Anglo-Saxon Image of Burma Emanuel Sarkisyanz Reflexions on the Migration Theory Vis-à-Vis The Coming of Indian Influences in the Philippines Juan R. Francisco Urbanization and Political Opposition: The Philippines and Japan Nobutaka Ike The Japanese Minority in the Philippines Before Pearl Harbor: Social Organization in Davao Josefa M. Saniel The Philippine Revolution (1896-1901) Within the Context of Asian History: A Comparative Study of Anti-Colonial Movements in Asia, 1857-1918 Oscar L. Evangelista A Comparison between the Taxation Systems in the Philippines Under Spanish Rule and Indonesia under Dutch Rule During the 19th Century Oliver Willem Wolters Volume 42:1-2 ASIAN STUDIES 2006 Retrospective Issue 5 | Volume 42:1–2 2006

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Asian History and Society: Regional and Comparative Perspectives

British Policy Towards Siam, Cambodia, and Vietnam, 1842-1858 Nicholas TarlingTrends in Regional Association in Southeast Asia Michael LeiferPeasant Movements in Colonial Southeast Asia Harry J. BendaAn Essay on the Political Functions of Corruption James C. Scott On the Changing Anglo-Saxon Image of Burma Emanuel SarkisyanzReflexions on the Migration Theory Vis-à-Vis The Coming of Indian Influences in the Philippines Juan R. Francisco Urbanization and Political Opposition: The Philippines and Japan Nobutaka Ike The Japanese Minority in the Philippines Before Pearl Harbor: Social Organization in Davao Josefa M. SanielThe Philippine Revolution (1896-1901) Within the Context of Asian History: A Comparative Study of Anti-Colonial Movements in Asia, 1857-1918 Oscar L. EvangelistaA Comparison between the Taxation Systems in the Philippines Under Spanish Rule and Indonesia under Dutch Rule During the 19th Century Oliver Willem Wolters

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About the JournalAsian Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. Since 1963, it has promoted original research that helps enhance the understanding of and enliven discussions on issues relevant to Asia.

Editorial Board• Eduardo C. Tadem (Editor in Chief), Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman• Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes (Review Section Editor), Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman• Eduardo T. Gonzalez, Asian and Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman• Ricardo T. Jose, History, University of the Philippines Diliman• Joseph Anthony Lim, Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman• Antoinette R. Raquiza, Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman• Teresa Encarnacion Tadem, Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman• Lily Rose Tope, English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines Diliman

Editorial Team• Janus Isaac V. Nolasco, Managing Editor• Katrina S. Navallo, Editorial Associate

Editorial Advisory Board• Patricio N. Abinales, University of Hawaii at Manoa• Andrew Charles Bernard Aeria, University of Malaysia Sarawak • Benedict Anderson, Cornell University• Melani Budianta, University of Indonesia • Urvashi Butalia, Zubaan Books (An imprint of Kali for Women) • Vedi Renandi Hadiz, Murdoch University• Caroline S. Hau, Kyoto University• Huang Renwei, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences• Reynaldo C. Ileto, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies• Benedict Tria Kerkvliet, Australian National University & University of Hawaii• Lau Kin Chi, Lingnan University• Lee Jung Ok, Daegu Catholic University• Francis Loh Kok Wah, Universiti Sains Malaysia• Armando S. Malay, Jr., University of the Philippines Diliman• Kinhide Mushakoji, Osaka University• Raul Pertierra, University of the Philippines Diliman • Somchai Phatharathananunth, Mahasarakham University• Michael Pinches, University of Western Australia• Bambang Purwanto, Gadjah Mada University• Vinod Raina, Jawaharlal Nehru University• Helen Yu-Rivera, University of the Philippines Diliman• Harsh Sethi, Seminar Journal (New Delhi)• Wen Tiejun, Renmin University of China• Surichai Wun’Gaeo, Chulalongkorn University

Asian StudiesCopyright 2006

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1 | British Policy towards Siam, Cambodia, and Vietnam, 1842-1858 (1966)

Nicholas Tarling

20 | Trends in Regional Association in Southeast Asia (1964) Michael Leifer

31 | Peasant Movements in Colonial Southeast Asia (1965) Harry J. Benda

46 | An Essay on the Political Functions of Corruption (1967) James C. Scott

69 | On the Changing Anglo-Saxon Image of Burma (1966) Emanuel Sarkisyanz

79 | Reflexions on the Migration Theory vis-à-vis The Coming of Indian Influences in the Philippines (1971)

Juan R. Francisco

87 | Urbanization and Political Opposition: The Philippines and Japan (1969) Nobutaka Ike

95 | The Japanese Minority in the Philippines before Pearl Harbor: Social Organization in Davao (1966)

Josefa M. Saniel

119 | The Philippine Revolution (1896-1901) within the Context of Asian History: A Comparative Study of Anti-Colonial Movements in Asia,

1857-1918 (1998) Oscar L. Evangelista

133 | A Comparison between the Taxation Systems in the Philippines under Spanish Rule and Indonesia under Dutch Rule during the 19th Century (1983)

Oliver Willem Wolters

161 | About the Authors

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About the Authors

Nicholas Tarling is one of the foremost historians on Britain’s role in the history of colonial Southeast Asia. He has an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cambridge University. At present he is Emeritus Professor at the University of Auckland. He edited the two-volume The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia (1992) and authored British Policy in the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, 1824-1871 (1969); Anglo-Dutch Rivalry in the Malay World, 1780-1824 (1962); and Piracy and Politics in the Malay World: A Study of British Imperialism in 19th Century Southeast Asia (1963).

Michael Leifer was a prominent scholar of politics and international relations of Southeast Asia. He finished his Ph.D. at the London School of Economics, where he was Professor of International Relations and Pro-Director from 1991 to 1995. His books include Asian Nationalism (2000); Singapore’s Foreign Policy: Coping with Vulnerability (2000), The ASEAN Regional Forum: A Model for Cooperative Security in the Middle East (1998); and Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia (1996).

Harry J. Benda was a key figure in the promotion of Southeast Asia as a regional study at Yale University. His contributions to Southeast Asian studies led to the establishment of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, where he also served as Director in 1968. He received his Ph.D. in Cornell University, and became professor at Yale University, where he also served as editor of the Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series from 1960 until his death in 1971. His publications include The History of Modern Southeast Asia: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Decolonization (with John Bastin) and The World of Southeast Asia: Selected Historical Writings (with John Larkin).

James C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at Yale University, where he also earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science. His fields of interests include history of Southeast Asia, rural societies, Marxian class theory, and rural politics. Among his publications are Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (1997); “Geographies of Trust: Geographies of Hierarchy” in Democracy and Trust (1998); “State Simplifications and Practical Knowledge” in People’s Economy, People’s Ecology (1998); and The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (2009).

Emanuel Sarkisyanz is Professor Emeritus at the University of Heidelberg. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and was a Visiting Professor of History at the University of Kiel, University of Kansas, and the University of Freiburg. He has published extensively in the field of Southeast Asian history, including among others, Southeast Asia since 1945 (1961); Buddhist

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Backgrounds of the Burmese Revolution (1965); and The Cultures of Continental Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaya (1979).

Juan R. Francisco was a pioneering Filipino Indologist who discovered and translated into English a Maranao version of the Ramayana, Maharadia Lawana. He had a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the University of Madras. His works include From Ayodhya to Pulu Agamaniog: Rama’s Journey to the Philippines (1994), a book that explores the adaptations of Ramayana in a Maranao context.

Nobutaka Ike was Professor Emeritus of Japanese and East Asian Politics and former Chair of the Political Science Department at Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University and political science at Stanford University, specializing in Japanese and East Asian political institutions. He authored several books, including The Beginnings of Political Democracy in Japan (1950), Japanese Politics: An Introductory Survey (1957), Japanese Politics (1972), Japan: The New Superstate (1973) and A Theory of Japanese Democracy (1978).

Josefa M. Saniel is former Dean and now Professor Emeritus of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. She earned her Ph.D. in Far Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. She wrote extensively on the relations of the Philippines and Japan in the 19th century. Among her publications are “Japan and the Philippines: From traditional to modern societies” and “The Japanese minority in the Philippines before Pearl Harbor,” both published in Asian Studies.

Oscar L. Evangelista is former Professor of History at the University of the Philippines Diliman and former Co-Director of Palawan State University. He was once President of the Philippine Historical Association and wrote books on Philippine history, including Icons and Institutions: Essays on the History of the University of the Philippines (2008); The Vietnamese in Palawan, Philippines: A Study of Local Integration (2004) and Building the National Community: Problems and Prospects and other Historical Essays (2002).

Oliver Willem Wolters was Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus of Southeast Asian History at Cornell University. He was Chair of the Department of Asian Studies in Cornell from 1970 to 1972. After twenty years of Malayan civil service, he shifted to academic life and lectured at the School of African and Oriental Studies in London. He published pioneering works on the Srivijayan empire, including Early Indonesian Studies and the Origins of Srivijaya in 1967 and the Fall of Srivijaya in Malay History in 1970. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Association of Asian Studies in 1990.

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