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Postcards from the south : memory and history of the Malaysian railways = Poskad dari selatan : kenangan dan sejarah keretapi Malaysia = Lai zi nian fang de ming xin pian : Malaixiya tie in de li shi ji yi = Ter̲kil iruntu añcal aṭṭaikaḷ : Malēciyāvin̲ rayilpātai carittiramum nin̲aivukaḷum
- Title
- Postcards from the south : memory and history of the Malaysian railways = Poskad dari selatan : kenangan dan sejarah keretapi Malaysia = Lai zi nian fang de ming xin pian : Malaixiya tie in de li shi ji yi = Ter̲kil iruntu añcal aṭṭaikaḷ : Malēciyāvin̲ rayilpātai carittiramum nin̲aivukaḷum / Mahen Bala.
- Author
- Mahen Bala
- Publication
- Selangor, Malaysia : Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2018.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HE3328 .M34 2018 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 394 pages : color illustrations, black and white illustrations, color maps; 30 cm
- Summary
- "The first railway line in Malaya was built in 1869 by the ambitious Maharaja Abu Bakar of Johor. Two decades later, the British built an extensive network to facilitate the transport of tin, and later rubber, to the ports. This network remains in use today as a passenger line, stitching together three corners of the peninsula. For more than a century, the railways have remained a mainstay in the lives of all Malaysians, a romantic symbol of travel to exotic destinations, and of power, industry and modernisation. Postcards from the South retraces the historic Southern Line, giving voice to the railway, the people and the places they call home. A parallel narrative explores new perspectives on a century and a half of railway history and its role in nation-building, using previously unpublished photographs, documents and maps"--Back cover.
- Alternative Title
- Poskad dari selatan : kenangan dan sejarah keretapi Malaysia
- Lai zi nian fang de ming xin pian : Malaixiya tie in de li shi ji yi
- Ter̲kil iruntu añcal aṭṭaikaḷ : Malēciyāvin̲ rayilpātai carittiramum nin̲aivukaḷum
- Subject
- Railroads > Malaysia > History
- Railroads > Malaysia > History > Anecdotes
- Railroad stations > Malaysia > History
- Railroad stations > Singapore > History
- Chemins de fer > Malaisie > Histoire
- Chemins de fer > Malaisie > Histoire > Anecdotes
- Gares > Malaisie > Histoire
- Gares > Singapour > Histoire
- 55.00 traffic technology, transport technology: general
- Railroad stations
- Railroads
- Malaysia > History > Anecdotes
- Singapore > History > Anecdotes
- Singapour > Histoire > Anecdotes
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- History.
- Note
- Includes various memorabilia inserted among the text.
- "Projek Keretapi Kita."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- In English, Chinese and Malay.
- ISBN
- 9789672165163
- 9672165161
- LCCN
- 2018318743
- OCLC
- on1054262342
- 1054262342
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries