The Peasant Robbers Of Kedah, 1900-1929

Singapore ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 151 pp.: illustrations, facsimiles,1 map, portraits ; 23 cm. Subjects; Brigands and robbers Malaysia Kedah History 20th… Read more about this item

Singapore.: NUS Press.. 2nd Edition.. 2014.. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 162pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. In the early twentieth century, social banditry was endemic in the countryside near the border between the northern Malaysian state of Kedah and Siam, and some outlaws became local heroes. Cheah Boon Kheng’s account of peasant banditry and the society where… Read more about this item

Singapore: NUS Press, 2014. Second edition. Paperback. New. When originally published in 1988 this book was considered a major contribution to the still scantily documented history of the working class in colonial Malaya. Relying on British records and local sources, Cheah brings to life this lawless period on the borders of British Malaya and Siam. Although The British considered the… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, July 1988. Hardcover. VG. used hardcover copy in illustrated boards, no jacket, as issued. light shelfwear, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1988-07-21. Hardcover. Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.