Contested Colonial Metrological Sovereignty: The Daching Riot And The Regulation Of Weights And Measures In British Malaya

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Contested Colonial Metrological Sovereignty: The Daching Riot And The Regulation Of Weights And Measures In British Malaya

Drawing on materials from the National Archives of Malaysia, newspapers, literature on historical metrology, and the colonial history of Malaya, this article weaves a social history of Malaya’s colonial metrological reform by taking into account the roles of both European and Asian historical act...

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Main Author:	Por, Heong Hong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2021
Subjects:	H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/59528/ http://eprints.usm.my/59528/1/Contested%20Colonial%20Metrological%20Sovereignty%20The%20daching%20riot%20and%20the%20regulation%20of%20weights%20and%20measures%20in%20British%20Malaya.pdf

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