Warren, James Francis
WARREN, James Francis
WARREN, James Francis. American, b. 1942. Genres: Area studies. Career: U.S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC, volunteer in Sabah, Malaysia, 1967-68; Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, professor of modern Southeast Asian history, 1976-, head of Asian studies program, 1977, 1981, 1987, director of Asia Research Centre, 1988-89. Yale University, visiting teaching fellow, 1983; Kyoto University, visiting professorial research fellow, 1993, 199697. Publications: The North Borneo Chartered Company's Administration of the Bajauy, 1878-1909, 1971; The Sulu Zone, 1768-1898: The Dynamics of External Trade, Slavery, and Ethnicity in the Transformation of a Southeast Asian Maritime State, 1981; Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940, 1986; At the Edge of Southeast Asian History: Essays by James Francis Warren, 1987; Ah Ku and Karayuki-san: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940, 1993; The Sulu Zone, the World Capitalist Economy and the Historical Imagination, 1998; Iranun and Balangingi: Globalisation, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity, 2001. Address: Asian Studies Programme, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.