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Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

2011

Asia

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Naval Modernisation And Southeast Asia's Security, Sam Bateman Jan 2011

Naval Modernisation And Southeast Asia's Security, Sam Bateman

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Bateman focused on the role of national coastguards in contemporary naval security, with particular focus on Southeast Asian maritime security. He highlighted the increased complexity of naval warfare, with the relationship between maritime law enforcement and security forces becoming more legally complex. Bateman provided examples of coastguard activities in the Southeast Asian region, emphasising the active role of the Japanese coastguard in capacity-building initiatives in the area, China's use of its civil maritime security forces in the recent fishing trawler dispute, and the regional activities of the US Coastguard.


Food Culture In Colonial Asia: A Taste Of Empire, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir Jan 2011

Food Culture In Colonial Asia: A Taste Of Empire, Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India, Malaysia and Singapore, this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic servants made towards the development of this cuisine between 1858 and 1963. Domestic cookbooks, household management manuals, memoirs, diaries and travelogues are used to investigate the culinary practices in the colonial household, as well as in clubs, hill stations, hotels and restaurants. Challenging accepted ideas about colonial cuisine, the book argues that a distinctive cuisine emerged as a result of negotiation and collaboration between the expatriate British and local people, and included dishes such as curries, mulligatawny, kedgeree, country …