RAJAH BROOKE AND THE VICTORIANS*

@article{Middleton2010RAJAHBA,
  title={RAJAH BROOKE AND THE VICTORIANS*},
  author={Alex Middleton},
  journal={The Historical Journal},
  year={2010},
  volume={53},
  pages={381 - 400}
}
  • A. Middleton
  • Published 27 April 2010
  • History
  • The Historical Journal
ABSTRACT This article examines British attitudes towards the career of Sir James Brooke, the English rajah of Sarawak, between 1846 and 1851. It argues that Brooke's early reception as a hero, and the succeeding debates over the principles of his enterprise, were important for three reasons. First, they suggest that the domestic negotiation of imperial issues was influenced much more profoundly by contextual anxieties about the nature of British politics and character, than by considered… 
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