Eastern Customs: The Customs Service in British Malaya and the Opium Trade - Hardcover

Mackay, Derek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1850438447 ISBN 13: 9781850438441

Publisher: Radcliffe Press, 2005

Synopsis

Generations of young Britons made their careers in Malaya. Some scaled the heights of the administrative service and are well recorded in the formal histories. The great majority served their time in less glamorous departments of government, whose activities remain largely unremarked. Derek Mackay' offers a vivid portrait of British Malaya's customs department. Skillfully tracing the history of the service and the experiences of its expatriate officers, tackling smuggling and the controversial opium trade, he provides an exciting new insight into the British imperial administration.

About this title

About the Author:

Derek Mackay is a retired member of HM Customs and Excise service in Malaya.

Review:

'...a magisterial account of the Service.' '...the definitive work on an important and neglected aspect of Malaysian history.'Simon Hutchinson, Overseas Pensioner, October 2005 '...a fascinating memoir.'Spectator, 19th November 2005. 'Elegantly written and well-illustrated... provides historians of British Malaya with a mine of useful information and much food for thought about the nature and efficacy of a colonial rule.' - Asian Affairs

About this edition

• Publisher: Radcliffe Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1850438447
• ISBN 13: 9781850438441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272