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Old Kuala Lumpur / J.M. Gullick.
Van Pelt Library DS599.K8 G8495 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gullick, J. M.
- Series:
- Images of Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)--History.
- Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 80 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- Kuala Lumpur, founded around 1860, has had an eventful history, twice occupied (in 1872 and again in 1942) by enemy forces, and inundated by floods as recently as 1926. This book traces its remarkable rise from a small trading post on a river bank far in the interior, to the proud status of state, then federal, and finally national capital.
- Notes:
- Map of kuala Lumpur in 1895 on lining paper.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-76) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9676530735
- OCLC:
- 30701966
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