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Reed L. Wadley, « Power and Prowess: The Origins of Brooke Kingship in Sarawak, J.H. Walker », Moussons, ID : 10.4000/moussons.2642
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James Brooke’s amazing career as Rajah of Sarawak has been explored in a number of biographies and histories, during his life and well beyond it. All of them generally confirm and re-confirm a set of widely accepted facts about Brooke’s life: For Brooke’s help in putting down a rebellion against his rule, a grateful Brunei sultan gave him the governorship of Sarawak. In consolidating his power, Brooke sought to end Malay exploitation of the Bidayuh Dayak, though he sought also to govern indir...