Tropical Interludes:

 European Life and Society in South-East Asia

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 Graham Saunders (ed)

A selection of writings of Europeans, administrators, businessmen, missionaries and their dependants about their experiences of life in Southeast Asia in the heyday of empire before the Second World War. The authors include well known names, such as Conrad and Margaret Brooke, and many lesser known contributors. Topics range from Loneliness and  A Rubber Planter's Day to Bickering and Backbiting in Sarawak Society and Acquiring a Mistress. A wide ranging and sometimes surprising set of insights about both life away from 'home' and making a new home. Very Good Paperback. First Edition 235 pages. 

Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Published by Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998. ISBN: 9789835600364

Condition: There is minimal cover wear. The binding is tight, the text clear and there is very faint tanning of the pages. A smart copy