Administrators and their service : the Sarawak Administrative Service under the Brooke rajahs and British colonial rule / Naimah S. Talib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naimah S. Talib, 1959-

Series:

South-East Asian historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sarawak. Administrative Service--History.

Sarawak.

Sarawak. Administrative Service.

History.

Civil service--Malaysia--Sarawak--History.

Civil service.

Malaysia--Sarawak.

Physical Description:

xxi, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

This is a historical study of the Sarawak Administrative Service from its early beginnings in the 1840s to the end of the British Colonial rule in 1963. It highlights the Service's response to the particular and demanding circumstances of Sarawak and focuses on the officers who formed the mainstay of the Service, providing information on their background, modes of recruitment, training, and conditions of service.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-269) and index.

ISBN:

9835600317

OCLC:

39505542