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The RGA history of the plantation industry in the Malay Peninsula / D. J. M. Tate ; commissioned by The Rubber Growers' Association (Malaysia) Berhad.
Lippincott Library HD1471.M34 T38 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tate, D. J. M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plantations--Malay Peninsula--History.
- Plantations.
- Industries--Malay Peninsula--History.
- Industries.
- Rubber industry and trade--Malay Peninsula--History.
- Rubber industry and trade.
- History.
- Malay Peninsula--History.
- Malay Peninsula.
- Malay Peninsula--Colonial influence.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 647 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- This is a straightforward history of the modern plantation industry in Peninsular Malaysia, from its origins on the new British settlement of Penang in the 1780s till the days of the Mahathir era 200 years later. It touches on the history of spices, pepper, sugar, tapioca and particularly, rubber and oil palm. This volume is complemented with interesting illustrations and informative maps and statistics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-626) and index.
- ISBN:
- 983560004X
- OCLC:
- 59651334
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