Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. History Dept.
Advisor(s)
Arnout van der Meer
Second Advisor
Kelly Brignac
Abstract
A display of how Britain altered aspects of Malaysia's social and political sphere to maximize rubber production and profitability.
Keywords
Malaysia, Rubber, Britain, Colonialism, Commodities, Mercantile Capitalism
Recommended Citation
Sanford, Peter E., "The Elastic Empire: The Disruptive Transformation of Malaysia into Britain’s Rubber Plantation Colony and Resulting Contemporary Ethnic Tensions" (2024). Honors Theses. Paper 1447.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/1447