Contents:
Map
Abbreviations
Preface
PART I
1. The Settlers from Minangkabau
2. From Association to Confederacy (1641 – 1773)
3. The Confederacy Falls Apart
4. The Confederacy is Rebuilt
5. The Rural Economy in the Late Nineteenth Century
PART II
6. Public Figures and Public Affairs
7. Rubber and Tin
8. The Malay Community in the Twentieth Century
9. A Changing Society
10. From War to Independence (1939 – 1957)
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
