Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Colonial Reports Report on Sarawak
Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Colonial Reports Report on North Borneo
Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The Colonial Office List
Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha
Author: Helen Godfrey
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004357289
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
In Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha, Helen Godfrey traces the connections between submarine telegraphy and the peoples of Singapore and Sarawak (Borneo) who supplied 'gutta percha', the latex insulating the world network of undersea telegraph cables. The book examines the complex inter-relationships linking metropolitan and local environments in a trade once described as a matter of interest to the whole civilized world. Using previously untapped corporate and official archives, trade data and a rich documentary record, the study explores the roles of cable producers, scientists, administrators, and local Chinese and indigenous traders. It reveals how a global trade may transcend technological, geographic and cross-cultural challenges, even hostilities. Motivations and outcomes are more complex than simple commercial gain.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004357289
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
In Submarine Telegraphy and the Hunt for Gutta Percha, Helen Godfrey traces the connections between submarine telegraphy and the peoples of Singapore and Sarawak (Borneo) who supplied 'gutta percha', the latex insulating the world network of undersea telegraph cables. The book examines the complex inter-relationships linking metropolitan and local environments in a trade once described as a matter of interest to the whole civilized world. Using previously untapped corporate and official archives, trade data and a rich documentary record, the study explores the roles of cable producers, scientists, administrators, and local Chinese and indigenous traders. It reveals how a global trade may transcend technological, geographic and cross-cultural challenges, even hostilities. Motivations and outcomes are more complex than simple commercial gain.
Foreign Commerce Yearbook
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Bibliography of Statistical Sources on Southeast Asia, C. 1750-1990
Author:
Publisher: Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Limbang Rebellion
Author: Eileen Chanin
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473831954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In early December 1962 there was a surprise rebel uprising in northern Borneo. The leader of the anti-colonialist North Kalimantan National Army, Sheikh Azahari, mounted the insurrection that became known as the Brunei Revolt. It aimed to thwart Britain and Malaya's plan to combine the British territories of Borneo into a new Federation of Malaysia.The river town of Limbang, an administrative centre in the British colony of Sarawak, became the pivot of the rebellion that was to be the opening act of the military and diplomatic conflict known as 'Konfrontasi'.Combining eyewitness accounts with thorough research, Limbang Rebellion reveals what it was like to be thrown into this intense and unexpected conflict in which hostages were taken and threatened with execution. It describes the involvement of the Royal Marines under Captain Jeremy Moore, MC, and the daring rescue mission he led under challenging circumstances, which included being vastly outnumbered by the rebel forces. The result is a gripping account of seven dramatic days when a small town in northern Borneo suddenly seized the world's attention.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473831954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In early December 1962 there was a surprise rebel uprising in northern Borneo. The leader of the anti-colonialist North Kalimantan National Army, Sheikh Azahari, mounted the insurrection that became known as the Brunei Revolt. It aimed to thwart Britain and Malaya's plan to combine the British territories of Borneo into a new Federation of Malaysia.The river town of Limbang, an administrative centre in the British colony of Sarawak, became the pivot of the rebellion that was to be the opening act of the military and diplomatic conflict known as 'Konfrontasi'.Combining eyewitness accounts with thorough research, Limbang Rebellion reveals what it was like to be thrown into this intense and unexpected conflict in which hostages were taken and threatened with execution. It describes the involvement of the Royal Marines under Captain Jeremy Moore, MC, and the daring rescue mission he led under challenging circumstances, which included being vastly outnumbered by the rebel forces. The result is a gripping account of seven dramatic days when a small town in northern Borneo suddenly seized the world's attention.
Southern Asia Accessions List
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70
Author: Nicholas J. White
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134350325
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book explores the limits of the idea of 'neo-colonialism' - the idea that in the period immediately after independence Malaya/Malaysia enjoyed only pseudo-independence, because of the dominant position of British business interests.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134350325
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book explores the limits of the idea of 'neo-colonialism' - the idea that in the period immediately after independence Malaya/Malaysia enjoyed only pseudo-independence, because of the dominant position of British business interests.
British Colonial Rule in Sarawak, 1946-1963
Author: Vernon L. Porritt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Sarawak, romanticized as the Land of the White Rajahs until 1946, lost its independence, became a British colony, and then became a state in the Federation of Malaysia, all in the short span of seventeen years. This book attempts to provide some answers to the questions often raised in connection with this period of unparalleled change in Sarawak's history, a period which has largely been neglected by researchers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Sarawak, romanticized as the Land of the White Rajahs until 1946, lost its independence, became a British colony, and then became a state in the Federation of Malaysia, all in the short span of seventeen years. This book attempts to provide some answers to the questions often raised in connection with this period of unparalleled change in Sarawak's history, a period which has largely been neglected by researchers.