Penang 500 Early Postcards
Penang 500 Early Postcards

Author: Jin Seng Cheah

Publisher: Editions Didier Millet

Published: 2013-02

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9671061710

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By the late 19th century, Penang had become a thriving port trading in rubber, spices and tin. Its prosperity attracted immigrants from around the world and the island was a rich melting pot of Chinese, Indians, Malays, Europeans and many other peoples. The postcards reproduced in this book are drawn from the huge collection of Penang-born Professor Cheah Jin Seng, the author of Singapore: 500 Early Postcards, Malaya: 500 Early Postcards, Perak: 300 Early Postcards and Selangor: 300 Early Postcards.This title in the Early Postcards series will present a diverse array of picture postcards of Penang -- including of its capital George Town, now a World Heritage site -- from the 1890s to the 1970s.

Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941
Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941

Author: Wu Xiao An

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-12-08

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1134416954

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This book examines how Chinese family and business networks, focused around activities such as revenue farming, including opium, the rice trade, and pawnbroking, and related legal and labour organization activities, were highly influential in the process of state formation in Malaya. It shows how Chinese family and business networks were flexible and dynamic, and were closely interlocked with economic and social structures, around which government, and states, developed. It considers the crucial role of wealth and power in the process of state formation, and challenges accepted views of Chinese ethnicity and migration.

Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future: The Malaysian Experience (Penerbit USM)
Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future: The Malaysian Experience (Penerbit USM)

Author: Nurul Farhana Low Abdullah

Publisher: Penerbit USM

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 9838616907

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This volume presents a selection of articles aimed at introducing the field of local knowledge to a local and international audience. Based upon the theme “Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future,” the articles detail local practices that reflect local wisdom in various domains of knowledge such as literature, architecture, water management, tourism, dance and drama. This collection of articles embodies an important, tangible initiative by Universiti Sains Malaysia Local Knowledge Secretariat to identify and retrace indigenous local knowledge, besides documenting and conserving local wisdom for future generations. It presents an important resource for researchers and students interested in exploring the under-researched area of local knowledge and indigenous science in the Malaysian context.