Fair Land Sarawak: Some Recollections of an Expatriate OfficerAn officer's first-person account of British colonial disengagement from Sarawak. Morrison explains the daily bureaucracy of colonial life from an inside perspective and details the changes that occurred during his years in Sarawak: the growth and expansion of Communist movements, the emerging modernization of various districts, and the formation of Malaysia. |
Contents
1 The Backdrop | 1 |
2 Early DaysSarikei and Binatang | 17 |
3 Lawas | 39 |
4 Kanowit | 57 |
5 Baram | 75 |
6 The Secretariat | 93 |
7 The Information Office | 113 |
8 Establishment of Malaysia | 131 |
9 The Last Lap | 149 |
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Fair Land Sarawak: Some Recollections of an Expatriate Official Alastair Morrison Limited preview - 1993 |
Common terms and phrases
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