Malaya

Author: Jin Seng Cheah
Publisher: Didier Millet,Csi
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : ms
Pages : 296

Book Description
Based on a selection from the author's private collection, Malaya 500 Early Postcards offers a rare and comprehensive glimpse into the changing landscapes, townscapes and lifestyles of Malaya, from the late 19th century to 1963, when it was renamed Malays

Penang 500 Early Postcards

Author: Jin Seng Cheah
Publisher: Editions Didier Millet
ISBN: 9671061710
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
By the late 19th century, Penang had become a thriving port trading in rubber, spices and tin. Its prosperity attracted immigrants from around the world and the island was a rich melting pot of Chinese, Indians, Malays, Europeans and many other peoples. The postcards reproduced in this book are drawn from the huge collection of Penang-born Professor Cheah Jin Seng, the author of Singapore: 500 Early Postcards, Malaya: 500 Early Postcards, Perak: 300 Early Postcards and Selangor: 300 Early Postcards.This title in the Early Postcards series will present a diverse array of picture postcards of Penang -- including of its capital George Town, now a World Heritage site -- from the 1890s to the 1970s.

Singapore

Author: Jin Seng Cheah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Presenting for the first time through the illustrations of 500 postcards from the author's private collection, this book offers a rare and comprehensive glimpse into the changing landscapes and lifestyles of Singapore's past, right up to the Second World

Johor

Author: Cheah Jin Seng
Publisher: Didier Millet,Csi
ISBN: 9789671061770
Category : Johor
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Historic postcards of the southernmost Peninsular Malaysian state arranged into galleries covering different topics.

Natural History Drawings

Author: William Farquhar
Publisher: Editions Didier Millet
ISBN: 9814217697
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which he was able o indulge his interest in natural history, sending men to collect various plant and animal specimens, which he then commissioned artists to paint.

A Short History of Malaysia

Author: Virginia Matheson Hooker
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781864489552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
New in the Short History of Asia series, edited by Milton Osborne, this is a readable, well-informed and comprehensive history of Malaysia from ancient past to hyper-modern present day.

The Towns of Malaya

Author: Neil Khor
Publisher: Editions Didier Millet
ISBN: 9789814610223
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
A compelling analysis of the history, development, planning and architecture of the major towns of Peninsular Malaysia. Fully illustrated with archival photographs and maps.

Perak Postcards 1890s-1940s

Author: Abdur-Razzaq Lubis
Publisher: Areca Books
ISBN: 9789675719011
Category : Perak
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description

Postcard Views of Early Singapore

Author: Naoko Shimazu
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited
ISBN: 9789811427060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
This evocative collection of more than 200 picture postcards offers a fascinating insight into Singaporean society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Encyclopedia of Early Cinema

Author: Richard Abel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415234409
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 824

Book Description
One-volume reference work on the first twenty-five years of the cinema's international emergence from the early 1890s to the mid-1910s.