Rising Sun Over Borneo - by Ooi Keat Gin (Hardcover)

About the Book

Focuses on the impact and influence of the Japanese military occupation on Sarawak and its people.

Book Synopsis

This study focuses on Japanese wartime policies and their implementation, and the consequent effects these policies had on the local population. Each ethnic group, including the European community, is examined to evaluate its reaction and response to the Japanese military government and Japanese policies towards these. The group effects of the Japanese period on post-war developments help to evaluate the significance and influence of this short domination by a non-Western.

Review Quotes

"Ooi offers a neatly organized balance sheet on the Japanese occupation of Sarawak, northwest Borneo." --"Choice"
"Ooi's account is useful, focusing more on the various reactions of Sarawak's residents to Japanese rule than to Japanese goals and actions themselves." --"Pacific Affairs"
...a fine study that offers much to specialists on Malaysian history...
"-Journal of Asian Studies"


“Ooi offers a neatly organized balance sheet on the Japanese occupation of Sarawak, northwest Borneo.” —"Choice"
“Ooi's account is useful, focusing more on the various reactions of Sarawak's residents to Japanese rule than to Japanese goals and actions themselves.” —"Pacific Affairs"
...a fine study that offers much to specialists on Malaysian history...
"-Journal of Asian Studies"


0;Ooi offers a neatly organized balance sheet on the Japanese occupation of Sarawak, northwest Borneo.1; 2;"Choice"
0;Ooi's account is useful, focusing more on the various reactions of Sarawak's residents to Japanese rule than to Japanese goals and actions themselves.1; 2;"Pacific Affairs"
...a fine study that offers much to specialists on Malaysian history...
"-Journal of Asian Studies"


" Ooi offers a neatly organized balance sheet on the Japanese occupation of Sarawak, northwest Borneo." -- "Choice"
" Ooi's account is useful, focusing more on the various reactions of Sarawak's residents to Japanese rule than to Japanese goals and actions themselves." -- "Pacific Affairs"
...a fine study that offers much to specialists on Malaysian history...
"-Journal of Asian Studies"

About the Author

OOI KEAT GIN is Lecturer in the School of Humanities at the Universiti Sains, Malaysia.