Contents:
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Malaysia
- History from the Malacca Sultanate to the Straits Settlements (1400-1825)
- The Unification of Malaya (1824-1914)
- Political Evolution Under British Rule (to 1942)
- Economic Development (to 1942)
- Population Growth and Social Change
- The Growth of Nationalism in Malaya
- End of an Era – The Japanese Occupation
- Post-war Reconstruction
- The Communist Revolt
- Independence for the Federation of Malaya (1948-57)
Part 3: Singapore
Part 4: The Borneo Territories
Part 5: Malaysia
- The Making of Malaysia
- Malaysia and South-East Asia
- Defence and Foreign Policy
- Politics in Malaysia
- Economic Questions
- Rural Development
- The Urban Worker
- Education in Malaysia
Appendix 1: The Territories of Malaysia
Appendix 2: Statistical Tables
About the author (from Wikipedia):
J.M. Gullick (6 February 1916 – 8 April 2012) was a British Orientalist who is chiefly remembered for his ground-breaking contributions to the study of pre-colonial and early colonial Malay society, Indigenous Political Systems of Western Malaya (1958), Malay Society in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Beginnings of Change (1987) and Rulers and Residents: Influence and Power in the Malay States 1870-1920 (1992).
