Eastern Customs the Customs Service in British Malaya and the Opium Trade
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London
I.B. Tauris & Co.
2005
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| Beschreibung: | Generations of young Britons made their careers in Malaya. Some scaled the heights of the administrative service and are well recorded in the formal histories. Others served in less high profile but equally challenging departments, carrying out the work of government in difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances. Eastern Customs traces the fascinating story of the Customs Service in British Malaya and those who made up its ranks. The service had a brief but colourful history from its introduction in 1910. For the next three decades, it took on the opium monopoly and became responsible for List of Illustrations; Acronyms and abbreviations; Glossary; Foreword; Introduction; Map of Malaya; Part One: The Setting; Chapter 1: A Tropical peninsula; Part Two: The Service; Chapter 2: A difficult birth; Chapter 3: Growing up; Chapter 4: The expatriates arrive; Chapter 5: A violent interruption; Chapter 6: Back to work; Chapter 7: Merdeka; Part Three: The Opium Problem; Chapter 8: Wholesale monopoly; Chapter 9: Retail monopoly; Chapter 10: Prohibition; Part Four: The Course of Duty; Chapter 11: The demon drink; Chapter 12: Up in smoke; Chapter 13: Revenues and restrictrions |
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| Beschreibung: | 316 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780857712301 0857712306 |