Of Free Trade and Native Interests
Of Free Trade and Native Interests

Author: Keat Gin Ooi

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13:

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This study examines in detail the economic history of Sarawak during the period of Brooke rule from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of the Second World War. It sets out to prove that the Brookes sacrificed economic development in favor of what they perceived to be the general welfare of the indigenous people.

Chinese Pioneers on the Sarawak Frontier, 1841-1941
Chinese Pioneers on the Sarawak Frontier, 1841-1941

Author: Daniel Chew

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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Based on archival records as well as oral histories, this book reconstructs the pioneering history of the early Chinese settlers in Sarawak. While much scholarship has focused on urban Chinese settlements, Chew tells the story of the Chinese who moved to the rural areas--those who traded with the Ibans and other tribes, or were recruited to work in the coal mines and oil fields.

The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946
The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946

Author: Keith Neilson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-11-19

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 1134231385

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Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946.