Sunset of the Empire in Malaya

by T.K. Taylor

In this rich and rewarding memoir, T.K. Taylor describes his experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru. Full of vivid anecdote and sharply observed historical detail, his writing takes us from his first days spent adapting the Western curriculum to local schools' needs to his time as Chief Education Officer for Selangor state, showing the role of education in the transition to independence. Taylor's career began in 1946, when he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845111117
• ISBN13: 9781845111113
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 8.8"