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This study deals with the establishment of British rule - the 'Residential system' as it was known to contemporaries - in the Malay Peninsula. It was introduced between 1874 and 1895 into the three west coast states, Perak, Selangor and Negri Sembilan, and the east coast state of Pahang.
All four British Residents, who acted as a British representative in the FMS were answerable to a Resident General in Kuala Lumpur, who in turn reported back to High Commissioner. Crucial state government departments had to report to their federal headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
David Brent explains how and why the British were able to defeat the Communist insurgency that raged in the Malay Peninsula from 1948 to 1960. He emphasises the importance of clear goals, intelligence gathering systems and sensitivity to the local culture and people and their political aspirations.
7 Απρ 2011 · Such revisionism, abetted by nationalism, has led to (a) a critical reappraisal of British personalities and policies in Malaya, and (b) a relative reduction of historical interest, both professional and popular, in the ‘imperial theme’ as compared with indigenous topics.
Swettenham and British Residential Rule in West Malaya. ERNEST CHEW. Introduction : reappraising the Residents. Within the last two decades, and particularly after the Federation of Malaya. achieved its independence (1957), most historical writings on Malaya (now called. Peninsular Malaysia) have been inspired or influenced by a marked revisionist.
the Residential system had long ago effectively curtailed. The Malayan Union provoked massive Malay protests which led, yet again, to a British change of course.
The maps drawn by the British colonial administrators in Malaya places pre-colonial understanding of territories into colonial boundaries; boundaries that were, on many aspects, defined by the economic, political and social interests of the colonial entity.
