Frontiers of Fear: Tigers and People in the Malay World, 1600-1950

by Peter Boomgaard

Book Overview

For centuries, reports of man-eating tigers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have circulated, shrouded in myth and anecdote. This fascinating book documents the "big cat"-human relationship in this area during its 350-year colonial period, re-creating a world in which people feared tigers but often came into contact with them, because these fierce predators prefer habitats created by human interference.

Peter Boomgaard shows how people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300206380
• ISBN13: 9780300206388
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"