System of Government in the Straits Settlements, 1942
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
October 2012WINDOW INTO HISTORY
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The following text is taken from Dr Lennox A. Mills’ book, British Rule in Eastern Asia. A Study of Contemporary Government and Economic Development in British Malaya and Hong Kong (London: Oxford University Press). Mills was an Oxford graduate who was associate professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. The 600-page competently written volume is of special interest because it was published just before the Japanese entered the global war on December 7, 1941. It came on the market only...
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is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.