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Contexts of Abolition:
The Mui Tsai Controversy in British Malaya, 1878-1938
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Rachel Leow
This pamphlet covers a forgotten aspect of British colonial history in Malaya, which the administrators of the time did their best to forget about. Mui Tsai, 'menless women', were usually from poor families and sold to wealthier ones as bonded servants for household and sexual services. Chinese custom saw the practice as beneficial to the poor whereas colonial officials and the public in England saw it as slavery. This account explains how the controversy played out. Very Good Paperback. 15 pages.
Weight: 0.4 kg Post free within Malaysia
Published by Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge 2008, First edition
Condition: Apart from signs of a removed label on the front cover and a bar code label on the inside front cover, the book looks new
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