Colonial Penang 1786 - 1957

Andrew Barber is the author of a number of books on Malaysia's colonial history. He is a Kuala Lumpur-based consultant, a former British diplomat and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Andrew Barber's latest book will take you on a comprehensive and highly enjoyable journey of discovery.

He explores the background and settlement of Penang by Francis Light in 1786 as a British East India Company trading post, some of the island's prominent characters, its transition to a British Colony, two World Wars, occupation by the Japanese, post-war struggles and on to independence in 1957.

For an easy-to-read guide to Penang's rich past, illustrated throughout with many rarely seen images, this is a book you cannot do without!

Description

Size: 26.8 x 20.8 x 2.2 cm, xviii, 201 pp, 0.898 kg

Language: English

Format: Hardcover with dust jacket

Author: Andrew Barber

Publisher: Karamoja Press, 2017 

ISBN: 978-983-43372-7-8