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BOOK REVIEW: The Straits Philosophical Society and Colonial Elites in Malaya

Selected Papers on Race, Identity, and Social Order 1893-1915. Edited by Lim Teck Ghee and Charles Brophy. Published by ISEAS, 462 pp, 2023

Mar 19, 2023
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By: Azly Rahman

Almost a decade ago, I was made aware of this work on colonial history by one of Asia’s most prolific social scientists, Lim Teck Ghee, who conceived it as a compendium of essays, and today after almost 50 years, the much-awaited collection of the writings of the colonial elites of The Straits Philosophical Society has come to elegant fru…

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