Multiethnic elites and the management of tropical heat in colonial Malaya, circa 1870s-1930s

Multiethnic elites and the management of tropical heat in colonial Malaya, circa 1870s-1930s

This article considers the responses of multiethnic urban elites to living with tropical heat in colonial Malaya by analysing attitudes towards the meteorological study of temperature, commercial cold storage and hill stations. A transcolonial and transimperial approach is used to illustrate that in...

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Main Authors: LOWRIE, Claire, TARULEVICZ, Nicole, WILLIAMSON, Fiona, LAM, Charmaine H.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
Subjects:
Asian History
Physical and Environmental Geography
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/223
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1222/viewcontent/MultiethnicElites_TropicalHeat_Malaya_Oct_2023_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1222/viewcontent/MultiethnicElites_TropicalHeat_Malaya_Oct_2023_av.pdf

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