Histories of the Borneo Environment" Economic, Political and Social Dimensions of Change and Continuity 231

In light of the tremendous changes that have come to the island of Borneo in recent decades, this volume takes a detailed historical look at the Borneo environment from native, colonial and national perspectives. It examines change and continuity in the economic, political and social dimensions of human-environment interactions. Reflecting the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of environmental history, the book brings together an international group of historians, anthropologists, geographers and social foresters, all looking through a historical lens at the environment in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Indonesian province of Kalimantan and Brunei. Drawing on extensive archival research and fieldwork, these ten original contributions encompass eleven centuries of history on Borneo, examining interrelated topics that include long-distance trade, conservation, land tenure, resource access, property rights, perceptions of the environment, migration, and development policy and practice. The chapters in this volume are extensively revised versions of selected papers presented at an international seminar on ‘"Environmental change in native and colonial histories of Borneo: Lessons from the past, prospects for the future"’ held in Leiden under the auspices of the International Institute for Asian Studies. Introduction, Environmental Histories Of Borneo / Reed L. Wadley -- Onto The Coasts And Into The Forests : Ramifications Of The China Trade On The Ecological History Of Northwest Borneo, 900-1900 Ce / Eric Tagliacozzo -- Forests For Food, Forests For Trade-- Between Sustainability And Extractivism : The Economic Pragmatism Of Traditional Peoples And The Trade History Of Northern East Kalimantan / Bernard Sellato -- Histories Of Conservation Or Exploitation? : Case Studies From The Interior Of Indonesian Borneo / Cristina Eghenter -- Commodity And Environment In Colonial Borneo : Economic Value, Forest Conversions And Concern For Conservation, 1870-1940 / Lesley Potter -- Boundaries, Territory, And Resource Access In West Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1800-2000 / Reed L. Wadley -- Controlling The Land : Property Rights And Power Struggles In Sabah, Malaysia (north Borneo), 1881-1996 / Amity A. Doolittle -- 'poison Tree' And The Changing Vision Of The Indo-malay Realm : Seventeenth To Twentieth Centuries / Michael R. Dove And Carol Carpenter -- Dismantling The Cultural Ecosystem Of The Rungus Of Sabah, Malaysia : A History Of How The Ideology Of Western Institutions Led To The Destruction Of A Bornean Environment / George N. Appell -- Rice As A Bridge Between Two Symbolic Economies : Migration Within And Outside Of The Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak / Monica Janowski -- Epilogue, In The Eye Of The Beholder-- Development Or Exploitation? : Changing Perceptions Of The Borneo Environment / Graham Saunders. Edited By Reed L. Wadley. Papers Originally Presented At A Two-day, International Seminar Held In Leiden In Aug., 2000. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.