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  • British and rubber in Malaya, c 1890–1940(517 clicks)
    This paper aims to explain the relations between Capital and Labour on the rubber plantations in Malaya until the time of the Japanese invasion. It examines the way in which the British acquired and controlled land as a resource, and the ways in which companies raised and applied investment capital. It considers the means of recruiting an adequate supply of labour, and controlling it as a workforce; it demonstrates a close relationship between the rubber companies and the State, which was modified by the special interests of the State itself.
  • Malay Resistence to British Colonization(464 clicks)
    Just how far-reaching was Malay Resistence to British Colonization in Malaya, 1891-1928.
  • National Archives of Maylasia(485 clicks)