Of Free Trade and Native Interests: The Brookes and the Economic Development of Sarawak, 1841-1941

by Ooi Keat Gin

This study examines in detail the economic history of Sarawak during the period of Brooke rule from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of the Second World War. It sets out to prove that the Brookes sacrificed economic development in favor of what they perceived to be the general welfare of the indigenous people.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9835600236
• ISBN13: 9789835600234
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.6"