Author: Arnold WrightPublisher: London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Federated Malay States
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya
Author: Arnold WrightPublisher: London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Federated Malay States
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Twentieth Century Impressions of Siam
Author: Arnold WrightPublisher: London : Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Malaya
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell G.c.m.g.: 1836 To 1899 - The Forgotten Colonial Governor
Author: Michael G GrayPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811267863
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
This is the first known biography of Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell G C M G, former Governor of the Straits Settlements and District Grand Master of the freemasons in the Eastern Archipelago.The book traces his early life as an officer in the Royal Marines, where he served for 15 years, ending up with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, as well as his long, distinguished career in the Colonial Service, serving Queen Victoria in many countries including Natal in Southern Africa during and after the Zulu Wars, British Honduras, British Guiana, Fiji and Singapore.It is his time in Singapore that is given extensive treatment in the book. Having been sworn in as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of The Straits Settlements and their Dependencies (the 'Colony') on 1 February 1894, Mitchell inherited a colony, which was in very serious financial difficulty. With his prudent financial management, the governor brought the Colony back to a strong financial position and completed many projects. He was also instrumental in the implementation of the Federation of Malay States and was its first High Commissioner.His governorship was cut short when he died suddenly at the Colony's Government House (the current Istana) on 7 December 1899 and was buried in Singapore.However, his legacy was written out by his successor Sir Frank Swettenham who would take credit for the Colony's achievements. To this end, this book will go towards correcting the history of Singapore and Malaya at that time.The book also contains one of the very few public accounts of freemasonry in Singapore during the 19th Century and those of prominent freemasons participating in the colonial administration and commercial sector in the Colony.
The Bookseller
Author: Twentieth Century Impressions of Netherlands India
Author: Arnold WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indonesia
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Malaya
Author: Richard WinstedtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federated Malay States
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Malayan Classicism
Author: Soon-Tzu SpeechleyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 135036035X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Through a broad range of case studies spanning from imperial monuments to rural residences, Malayan Classicism puts forward a fundamentally new understanding of classical architecture in the Asian colonial context. Across Malaysia and Singapore, thousands of historic buildings are richly ornamented with motifs drawn from Ancient Greece and Rome - as plump volutes, lush acanthus leaves, and neat rows of dentils decorate mosques, palaces, government buildings and innumerable terraced shophouses. These classical details jostle with ideas drawn from other architectural traditions from across Asia in a style that is unique to the region. Presenting the first comprehensive account of what was, prior to World War II, Malaya's most widespread architectural style, Malayan Classicism explores how the classical architecture of the British Empire was transmitted, translated, and transformed in the hands of local builders and architects. Addressing a critical gap in the scholarship, this book charts the metamorphosis of an imperial language of power into a local vernacular style, and provides a new way of reading classical architecture in a post-colonial context that will be applicable throughout the Global South.
Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and Other Treaty Ports of China
Author: Arnold WrightTechnology and Entrepôt Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940
Author: Goh Chor BoonPublisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9814414085
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
How did imported technology contribute to the development of the colony of Singapore? Who were the main agents of change in this process? Was there extensive transfer and diffusion of Western science and technology into the port-city? How did the people respond to change? Examining areas such as shipping, port development, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany, electrification, food production and retailing, science and technical education, and health, this book documents the role of technology and, to a smaller extent, science, in the transformation of colonial Singapore before 1940. In doing so, this book hopes to provide a new dimension to the historiography of Singapore from a "science, technology and society" perspective.