Prince of Pirates: The Temenggongs and the Development of Johor and Singapore, 1784-1885 (2nd Edition)
By Carl A. Trocki.
Description
No country’s history is so well documented yet so poorly understood as that of a former colony. Singapore and Malaysia are particular victims of this historical paradox, and Carl Trocki’s account of the history of Johor and Singapore marks a decided advance in Malaysian scholarship. A study of the Temenggongs of Johor, Prince of Pirates offers an original and highly provocative reinterpretation of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Malaysian history, revealing continuities between pre-colonial and colonial periods that have been obscured by attention given to the European intrus...
ISBN(s)
9971693763, 9789971693763
