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Languages : en
Pages : 722

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Author: Lynn Hollen Lees
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107038405
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379

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This is an innovative study of how British Colonial rule and society in Malayan towns and plantations transformed immigrants into British subjects.

Author: Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351850865
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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Although colonies are often viewed as having been of crucial economic importance to Britain’s empire, those responsible for administering the colonies were often not at all interested in or supportive of commercial ventures, as this book demonstrates. Based on extensive original research, and including detailed case studies of the agricultural and mining sectors in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Malaya, the book examines how administrators and capitalists interacted, showing how administrators were often hostile to business and created barriers to business success. It discusses in particular contradictory colonial government policies, confusion over land grants and conflicts within bureaucratic hierarchies, and outlines the impact of such difficulties, including the failure to attract capital inflows and outright business failures. Overall, the book casts a great deal of light on the detail of how business and government actually worked in Britain’s colonial empire.

Author: Teck Ghee Lim
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Emily Sadka
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya Press
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Category : Malay Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 486

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Author: Teck Ghee Lim
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 668

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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 558

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Author: John C. Spores
Publisher: Ohio University Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Amok, one of the few Malay words commonly appearing in English, names a syndrome of unpredictable and indiscriminate homicidal behavior with suicidal intent. In tracing the development of this behavioral pattern, Spores examines historical data, including frequently colorful colonialist accounts of such episodes, from British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies during the period 1800-1925. Spores presents a basic etiological distinction between reactive-motivated and a spontaneous, unmotivated amok; the one an intentional act capable of establishing or restoring dignity and self-respect; the other a result of organic disturbance. He also explores the social-psychological dynamics of engagement in the two types of solitary amok and suggests possible behavioral chains. Further, his study demonstrates the impact of social forces and processes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century which significantly altered factors in traditional Malay society important in generating expressions of solitary amok. Running amok demonstrates the utility of bringing historical data to bear on the examination of specific social phenomena, particularly suggesting that the understanding of some present-day forms of mental disorder or other aberrant or deviant behavior can be facilitated and enriched through such analysis.