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A Straits Settlement LONGLISTEDnbspin the 2017nbspNGAIO MARSH AWARDnbspfor best crime novel written by a New Zealander In the third installment of the Le Fanu Mystery series the intrepid superintendent is promoted to InspectorGeneral of Police in 1920s Madras which proves to be more boring than he had envisagedInstead of pushing papers across his desk the Le Fanu focuses on the disappearance of a senior Indian Civil Service officer and an apparently unrelated murder As the two incidents intertwine the world weary detective is drawn into the worlds of indentured labor recruitment and antiquities theftBut as bureaucratic politics make his position vulnerable his superiors send the intrepid policeman across the Bay of Bengal to pursue the cases in the Straits Settlements Le Fanu immediately becomes embroiled in the activities of secret societies and the British colonial intelligence services The appearance of a mysterious Chinese woman renders his professional life uncertain as he wonders anew about the British imperial future
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xix 232 p 4 p of plates ill maps Series Asian studies series Shelfwear to pictorial paper wrappers corners sharp Previous owners name in ink to head of titlepage light underling and scholarly notes in pencil throughout 460 grams
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Straits Chinese furniture is a fusion of Chinese Qing dynasty ornateness and early 19thcentury English dignity and decorum Isolated from Chinese trends as well as European fashions it developed its own style and uses in the Straits Settlements of Singapore Malacca and Penang This book traces the origins and characteristics of Stratis Chinese furniture and gives us pointers on how to date old furniture from their ornamentation and patina In 100 stunning photographs it presents the former Baba couches tables chairs cupboards writing desks and beds as they are used today by their present owners
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Straits Chinese furniture is a fusion of Chinese Qing dynasty ornateness and early 19thcentury English dignity and decorum Isolated from Chinese trends as well as European fashions it developed its own style and uses in the Straits Settlements of Singapore Malacca and Penang This book traces the origins and characteristics of Stratis Chinese furniture and gives us pointers on how to date old furniture from their ornamentation and patina In 100 stunning photographs it presents the former Baba couches tables chairs cupboards writing desks and beds as they are used today by their present owners
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Everything went wrong Having crossed the Atlantic for about 3 months and getting stuck in the ice of Hudsons Strait for another three weeks the band of Swiss emigrants had to row with great hardship up the Hayes River over some 6o portages and cross Lake Winnipeg in its full length Arriving starved exhausted and deprived of their belongings at the Red River Settlement just before the snows they were told that nothing had been prepared for them Lodging and food was there none due to a plague of grasshoppers and floods that had destroyed the harvests of the previous four years The socalled Promised Land was bare of any prospect Thoroughly embittered and disgusted one family after the other headed south between 1821 and 1826 some alone others in groups hoping to reach present day Minnesota as their first refuge But to get there they had to cross over some 350 miles of prairie a veritable desert of uncharted trails and water holes peopled by roving Sioux looking out for victims to scalp How did they survive Thats what the reader will find out by reading this dramatic document which is illustrated by Peter Rindisbacher the young artist who participated in this extraordinary venture
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This history begins with the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent with the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait 15000 years ago It ends in around 1800 when the rough outline of modern North America could be perceived The author conveys the story of competing interests that shaped and reshaped the continent and its suburbs in the Caribbean and the Pacific over the centuries North Americas fate is viewed through the eyes of the Spanish French English Natives and Russians
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Everything went wrong Having crossed the Atlantic for about 3 months and getting stuck in the ice of Hudsons Strait for another three weeks the band of Swiss emigrants had to row with great hardship up the Hayes River over some 6o portages and cross Lake Winnipeg in its full length Arriving starved exhausted and deprived of their belongings at the Red River Settlement just before the snows they were told that nothing had been prepared for them Lodging and food was there none due to a plague of grasshoppers and floods that had destroyed the harvests of the previous four years The socalled Promised Land was bare of any prospect Thoroughly embittered and disgusted one family after the other headed south between 1821 and 1826 some alone others in groups hoping to reach present day Minnesota as their first refuge But to get there they had to cross over some 350 miles of prairie a veritable desert of uncharted trails and water holes peopled by roving Sioux looking out for victims to scalp How did they survive Thats what the reader will find out by reading this dramatic document which is illustrated by Peter Rindisbacher the young artist who participated in this extraordinary venture
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If governments of Australia agreed to share power with Aboriginal people what would the result be And if Australia was to have a settlement or a treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders what would a treaty deal with and how would a treaty affect the general public Is there anything beyond a treaty Treaty and Statehood Aboriginal Selfdetermination by Aboriginal author Michael Mansell answers these questions and more Mansell examines the New Zealand model of designated MÄ ori seats and applies the idea to comprise 12 Indigenous Senators in Australia He argues designated seats and a treaty are constitutionally permissible and details the possible content for a treaty He discusses the meaning of selfdetermination and its limitations and also thoroughly reviews Aboriginal sovereignty and its function in a modern Australia The book critically examines the legality of designated seats treaty sharing of power and autonomous communities The legal examination is broken down into easytounderstand language Ultimately Mansell looks at whether justice can best be served to Aboriginal people through a new State of Australia This new idea of a seventh State â or First State for the First peoples as the author prefers â is constitutionally legal Its practicality is also critically examined including the rights each Aboriginal community or ânationâ would have under statehood This is a book that answers our query about what reconciliation ultimately means and how it can be achieved
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2006 First edition 2003 Published by Areca Books Penang Malaysia 26 x 29 cm 304 pages over 700 bw and colour postcards Penang Malaysia once a part of the Straits Settlements and British Malaya Penangs boom as a seaport on the Far Eastern steamship route coincided with the rise of the picture postcard at the turn of the 20th century From this bustling port teeming with travellers and migrants thousands of postcards of Penang were sent off into the world These picture postcards give vivid impressions of Penangs centre of commerce and administration its streets and suburbs its hill resort and its beaches With over 700 postcards compiled by Malcolm Wade this is the largest collection of prewar Penang postcards ever published The local historical context is researched by Khoo Salma Nasution author of the bestselling book Streets of George Town Penang This collection serves as a testimony to Penangs rich heritage as well as a visual resource for researchers artists collectors and all those who love Penang
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The Aurea ChersonesusThe Conquest of MalaccaThe Straits SettlementsThe Configuration of the PeninsulaA Terra Incognita The MonsoonsProducts of the PeninsulaThe Great VampireBeasts and ReptilesMalignant and Harmless InsectsLand and Water Birds Traditions of Malay ImmigrationWild and Civilized RacesKafirs The Samangs and OrangoutangCharacteristics of the Jakuns Babas and SinkehsThe Malay PhysiognomyLanguage andLiterature Malay Poetry and MusicMalay AstronomyEducation and LawMalay SportsDomestic HabitsWeaponsSlavery and Debt Bondage GovernmentNo Information Canton and Saigon and whatever else is comprised in the second half of my title are on one of the best beaten tracks of travelers and need no introductory remarksBut the Golden Chersonese is still somewhat of a terra incognita there is no point on its mainland at which European steamers call and the usual conception of it is as a vast and malarious equatorial jungle sparsely peopled by a race of semicivilized and treacherous Mohammedans In fact it is as little known to most people as it was to myself before I visited it and as reliable information concerning it exists mainly in valuable volumes now out of print or scattered through blue books and the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Singapore I make no apology for prefacing my letters from the Malay Peninsula with as many brief preliminary statements as shall serve to make them intelligible requesting those of my readers who are familiar with the subject to skip this chapter altogether
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If governments of Australia agreed to share power with Aboriginal people what would the result be And if Australia was to have a settlement or a treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders what would a treaty deal with and how would a treaty affect the general public Is there anything beyond a treaty Treaty and Statehood Aboriginal Selfdetermination by Aboriginal author Michael Mansell answers these questions and more Mansell examines the New Zealand model of designated MÄ ori seats and applies the idea to comprise 12 Indigenous Senators in Australia He argues designated seats and a treaty are constitutionally permissible and details the possible content for a treaty He discusses the meaning of selfdetermination and its limitations and also thoroughly reviews Aboriginal sovereignty and its function in a modern Australia The book critically examines the legality of designated seats treaty sharing of power and autonomous communities The legal examination is broken down into easytounderstand language Ultimately Mansell looks at whether justice can best be served to Aboriginal people through a new State of Australia This new idea of a seventh State â or First State for the First peoples as the author prefers â is constitutionally legal Its practicality is also critically examined including the rights each Aboriginal community or ânationâ would have under statehood This is a book that answers our query about what reconciliation ultimately means and how it can be achieved
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