PRINCE OF PIRATES THE TEMENGGONGS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF JOHOR AND SINGAPORE 1784-1885
No country's history is so well documented yet so poorly understood as that of a former colony. Singapore and Malaysia are particular victims of this historical paradox, and Carl Trocki's account of the history of Johor and Singapore marks a decided advance in Malaysian scholarship. A stud...
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Singapore University Press
1979
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Add Tag | Summary: | No country's history is so well documented yet so poorly understood as that of a former colony. Singapore and Malaysia are particular victims of this historical paradox, and Carl Trocki's account of the history of Johor and Singapore marks a decided advance in Malaysian scholarship. A study of the Temenggongs of Johor, Prince of Pirates offers an original and highly provocative reinterpretation of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Malaysian history, revealing continuities between pre-colonial and colonial periods that have been obscured by attention given to the European intrusion. This new edition includes a fresh introduction by the author that positions the study within subsequent literature on Malaysian history, the Chinese migration, the opium trade, and the history of the British Empire in Asia. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 251 pages [2] leaves of plates illustrations 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 231-243 |
| ISBN: | T000004153 |
The Temenggongs of Johor, 1784-1885