Drawn from personal diary notes and correspondence sent to loved ones back in England, this memoir provides an entertaining and humorous look at the daily realities of working as a rubber plantation manager in colonial Malaya during the late 1950s. Navigating an environment shaped by the turbulent Emergency period and the surging wave of national independence, young foreign staffers balanced professional responsibilities with social escapades, local nightlife, and constant hazards ranging from wildlife encounters to security threats.
A Company of Planters
Biography, Malaysiana, Southeast AsiaJohn Dodd
2018. Monsoon Books.
Paperback, 20cm x 13cm, 336 pages
ISBN 9781912049103
RM60.00
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