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Sabah Men at Work - FG Whelan
Sabah Men at Work - FG Whelan
USD32.00
Manufacturer Number: ML5222
Stock Status: In Stock
The Hikayat Abdullah... -... Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (trans AH Hill)... Annotated Translation by... A.H. Hill... Journal of The Malayan Branch of The Royal Asiatic Society Volume 28, Pt3 (no171)... This is the autobiography of a scholar and resident of Malacca in the 19th century. He was an associate of...

Sabah Men at Work

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 FG Whelan

 

An introduction to the working lives of men in Sabah in the year of it becoming a state in Malaysia. (It may have escaped the author's notice that, at least in Asian cultures, women are at least as industrious as men.) The review of work in the padi fields and in other agricultural ventures, industry, in tobacco growing and in timber is described in a series of stories aimed at the younger reader. Good Hardback. Reprint. Originally published in 1958. 

Weight: 0.4. Post free within Malaysia

Published by Macmillan, London, 1963.

Condition: The book has been rebound in leather and leatherette with gilt titling on the spine. The cover has a few small stains along the spine. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is mild to medium tanning of the pages.