The Shaping of Malaysia

by Amarjit Kaur (Editor), Ian Metcalfe (Editor)

Overview

This book brings together for the first time studies on all aspects of the Malaysian economy. These range from the geological origins and mineral resources, flora, fauna, peoples and cultures, political development, economy and society, environment and ecotourism in Malaysia and encapsulates the integration of the country into the wider international economy. The book also attempts to make Malaysia's current economic and political development more explicable by considering it in the light of these natural and human resource endowments and by exploring how they have changed over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349270811
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1999
Series:	Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia
Edition description:	1st ed. 1999
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

CHEAH BOON KHENG former Professor of History, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang JOHN H. DRABBLE former Senior Lecturer and Reader in Economic History, University of Sydney ALBERTO GOMES Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe University GISELA KAPLAN Adjunct Professor, Research Centre of Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies, University of New England, Armidale, NSW NALLAMILLI PRAKASH Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of New England LESLEY ROGERS Personal Chair, Professor of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures Foreword Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.Kaur & I.Metcalfe Geological Origins and Natural Resources; I.Metcalfe Flora; N.Prakash Fauna: Past, Present and Future; L.J.Rogers Peoples and Cultures; A.Gomes Politics; C.B.Kheng Economy and Society: The Formation of a National Economy; A.Kaur Environment and Ecotourism: The Case of the Orang-Utan; G.Kaplan The 'Lucky Country': Malaysia's Twentieth Century Economic Transformation; J.H.Drabble Index

Editorial Reviews

Nine contributions provide a systematic description and analysis of the factors that shaped Malaysia. Brings together studies on the country's geological origins and mineral resources, flora, fauna, people and cultures, political change, economy and society, and the environment and ecotourism. It also takes a comparative view of such changes in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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