The Peasant Robbers of Kedah, 1900-1929: Historical and Folk Perceptions

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In this account of peasant banditry and the Malaysian society in which it flourished, the author draws on colonial, literary, and oral sources to present a social history of rural Kedah, particularly the factors that produced rural crime and the extent to which the bandit heroes symbolized rural protest.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195888820

ISBN13:9780195888829

Release Date:July 1988

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:168 Pages

Weight:0.74 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

Asia Criminology History Language Arts Linguistics Social Sciences Southeast Asia True Accounts True Crime Words, Language & Grammar

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