British Malaya, 1824-1867

by

L.A. Mills

New. This is the third edition of a major work tracing British influence in the peninsula until the administration of the Straits Settlements was handed over to the British Colonial Office, so ending British rule from India. Before publication Professor Mills approved the re-writing of the first chapter  and a modification of the second chapter in the light of more recent research since the book's initial publication in 1925. The 424 pages contain the following chapters - 

• 1 - European influence in the Malay Peninsula 1511-1786 (by DK Bassett), 
• 2 - Penang 1786-1830, 
• 3 - Singapore 1819-26, 
• 4 - The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, 
• 5 - The Civil Service in the Straits Settlements, 1786-1867, 
• 6 - The Malacca Land Problem, 
• 7 - The Naning War, 
• 8 - Anglo-Siamese relations, 1824-67, 
• 9 - The Malayan Policy of the East India Company, 1786-1867, 
• 10 - Trade and Agriculture in British Malaya, 
• 11 - The Chinese in British Malaya, 
• 12 - Piracy and the Straits Settlements, 
• 13 - Rajah Brooke of Sarawak and the suppression of piracy in Brunei,
•  14 - The Transfer and 
• an updated Bibliography of writings on British Malaya 1786-1867 by CM Turnbull -                                                         

Published by Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2012. Reprint. ISBN: 9789679948264

Condition: New Hardback.