In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editor’s Note

Paul Kratoska
p. vii
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916922
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Articles

Raja Bongsu and the Sejarah Melayu: The Tragic Fate of an Ill-starred Prince of Johor (b. 1571–d. 1623)

Cheah Boon Kheng, Faris Joraimi, Peter Borschberg
pp. 1-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916910
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The Collapse of the Riau Entrepôt in 1784 and the Rise of Singapore

Khoo Chun Yok
pp. 29-48
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916911
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Mercantile Life in Early 19th Century Southeast Asia: The Ross Brothers

F. Andrew Smith
pp. 49-72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916912
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Printing in Early 20th Century Singapore: The Contrasting Fates of C. A. Ribeiro Company and Rickard Limited

Brendan Luyt
pp. 73-88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916913
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Centring the Periphery: New Forays in Malaysian Economic History

Loh Wei Leng
pp. 89-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916914
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A Document from History

Country Traders, the East India Company, and the Rise of Singapore: ‘On Further Interference with the East-India Company’s Privileges of Exclusive Trade’

pp. 103-121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916915
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Book Reviews

Acts of Resistance: Dol Said and the Naning War by Shaun Adam (review)

Ahmad Kamal Arrifin Bin Mohd Rus
pp. 122-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916916
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What It Means to be a Muslimah: The Religious Orientations of Female Muslim Activists in Malaysia by Syed Imad Alatas (review)

Por Heong Hong
pp. 124-125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916917
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Fleeting Agencies: A Social History of Indian Coolie Women in British Malaya by Arunima Datta (review)

Shanthi Thambiah
pp. 126-128
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916918
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黃賢強,《伍連德新論: 南洋知識份子與近代中國·醫術》 [Wu Lien-Teh Revisited: The Nanyang Intelligentsia and Modern Medicine in China] by Wong Sin Kiong (review)

Danny Wong Tze Ken
pp. 128-130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916919
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Persatuan Asia Diraja Bahagian Malaysia Annual: Annual Report

pp. 131-134
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916920
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Annual Report and Accounts

pp. 135-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ras.2023.a916921
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