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Sunset of the Empire in Malaya
T.k. Taylor
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Description for Sunset of the Empire in Malaya
Hardback. Describes T K Taylor's experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru. This memoir brings a different insight into the workings of the Colonial Service in a period of enormous change as its officers helped to rebuild the country in the aftermath of World War II and Japanese occupation, Communist struggles and the dawn of independence. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 183 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
In this rich and rewarding memoir, T.K. Taylor describes his experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru. Full of vivid anecdote and sharply observed historical detail, his writing takes us from his first days spent adapting the Western curriculum to local schools' needs to his time as Chief Education Officer for Selangor state, showing the role of education in the transition to independence. Taylor's career began in 1946, when he was appointed as Senior Master in English at King Edward VII High School in Taiping, a city of over 50,000 in the North near the Thai border. He ... Read more
In this rich and rewarding memoir, T.K. Taylor describes his experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru. Full of vivid anecdote and sharply observed historical detail, his writing takes us from his first days spent adapting the Western curriculum to local schools' needs to his time as Chief Education Officer for Selangor state, showing the role of education in the transition to independence. Taylor's career began in 1946, when he was appointed as Senior Master in English at King Edward VII High School in Taiping, a city of over 50,000 in the North near the Thai border. He ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
164
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845111113
SKU
V9781845111113
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About T.k. Taylor
T.K.Taylor is a retired member of HM Overseas Civil Service in Malaya.
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