The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780521590402
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; British & Irish history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Imperialism; World history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Southeast Asia - History; History - General History; History: World; Malaysia; South East Asia; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Asia - Southeast Asia; History / Modern / 20th Century; Malaya--History; History; Asia - General; Malaya
First sentence: In Malacca, beside a large reconstruction of the palace of its kings, housed in the old British Club where Somerset Maugham set his short story 'Footprints in the jungle', is an exhibition of over 500 years of Malaysian history.