The Klang Strikes of 1941: Labour and Capital in Colonial Malaya

· Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore: Research notes and discussions paper Book 25 · Institute of Southeast Asian
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This study is the reexaminaton of the dispute involving Tamil estate workers, European planters, colonial authorities, and the Government of India. It throws light on the brief history of the Central Indian Association of Malaya, on attitudes held by rubber estate managers, and on the influence of leaders of the Indian National Congress on Tamil labourers during the months prior to the outbreak of the war in the Pacific.

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H.E. Wilson is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, University of Alberta. His current research interest is focused on the nature of colonialsm in Malaya as well as on education as an instrument of policy in the modernizing plural societies of Southeast Asia.

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