TUNKU : His Life and Times : The Authorized Biography of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj / by Sheppard, Mubin, 1905-1994, author 538925

“…He did what no one else could have done then; he managed to transform Malaya from colonial administration to political independence and championed a policy of tolerance, moderation and intercommunal harmony. …”

A revisiting cultural transformation: education system in Malaya during the colonial era by Ozay, Mehmet

“…The fact is that cultural change becomes always salient pertaining the relationships between colonial administration and the native peoples. Cultural change was a compulsory process embedded in and planned by the foreign powers on behalf of the native people. …”
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Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus by Miltiades Hatzopoulos

“…This article examines the use of numismatic iconography by the British colonial administration of Cyprus in order, initially, to legitimise its possession of the island and, subsequently, to promote an Eteocypriot, an "authentic Cypriot", identity as counter-poison against Greek nationalism. …”
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Concealing Authority: Diola priests and other leaders in the French search for a suitable chefferie in colonial Senegal by Robert M. Baum

“…This article aims to explain the complexity of the relationship between Diola (or Joola) chiefs and the French colonial administration. After presenting the general Diola context, the author focalizes in Diola-Esulaalu and Diola-Huluf populations, both south of the Casamance River. …”
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Traditional Gold Mining in Adanse by Ababio Emmanuel Ofosu-Mensah

“… For centuries, the people of Adanse worked and mined gold, and their goldfields were one source of supply of gold to the Trans Saharan traders and to the European market before and during colonial administration of the Gold Coast. The Adanse gold miners used simple but effective technology, and kept Europe supplied with enormous quantities of gold especially between the thirteenth and the nineteenth centuries. …”
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Il cuore spezzato di H. Rider Haggard: letteratura, amore e politica in Jess (1887) by Evander Ruthieri Da Silva

“…Written from Haggard’s experiences with the colonial administration in South Africa, the novel narrates the love triangle between a British soldier and two young girls on a farm in Transvaal. …”
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Agricultural education as a medium for the transmission of Western science during British rule in Malaya, 1905-1957 by Arman, E., Mamat, M.Z., Hasbullah, M.

“…This paper traces the transmission of Western science through the agricultural education sector during the British colonial administration of Malaya. This education system included three levels: elementary, intermediate and the school of agriculture. …”

Les us et coutumes de l’accommodation franco-musulmane au Sénégal (1936-1960). “La politique du sourire et de l’entente” by Hélène Grandhomme

“…In fact, the authority of some religious leaders over the population can help to make the colonial administration recognise its own inability to maintain public order. …”
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The Application of Digital Archives System in Humanities: Taiwanese Female Power in the Taiwan Sotokufu Personnel Directory by Li-chiao Wang

“…While female power has been widely discussed, the extensive research focuses on Taiwanese female power in the Taiwan Sotokufu Personnel Dictionary that provides the organizational, personnel and payroll information of the colonial administration in Taiwan between 1896 and 1944. These findings may help sensitize the changes of Taiwanese female’s professional career within official domain.…”
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Recht und Emotion: ‚German Angst‘ und das Verwaltungshandeln in Deutsch-Südwestafrika by Harald Sippel

“…The article examines whether what is today understood by ‘German Angst’ had already been influencing the extreme colonial administrative action and legislative measures towards the African population in German South West Africa compared to other former German overseas territories.…”
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Commercial policies in frontier reductions: Models, reappropriations and disputes (Río de la Plata, 18th century) by Lía Quarleri

“…Second, the controversies within the colonial administration are interpreted. Finally, indications of indigenous participation in this trade is described. …”
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Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974 by Philip Jan Havik

“…Until the establishment of the “Commission for the study of and combat against sleeping sickness” (Missão de estudo e combate à doença do sono) in 1945, underfunded and understaffed health services had not been a priority for the colonial administration in Portuguese Guinea. The Commission not only implemented endemic disease control in the territory under the auspices of metropolitan institutions, but also provided preventive public healthcare to the local population. …”
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Juger aux marges de l’Indochine : le cas des trafiquants d’opium de Lào Cai (1902-1940) by Thomas Claré

“…As the Régie of opium constituted an economic foundation of French Indochina, the colonial administration had to take measures against smuggling, which jeopardize the financial balance of the colony. …”
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Deux conceptions de l’action judiciaire aux colonies. Magistrats et administrateurs en Afrique occidentale française (1887-1912) by Laurent Manière

“…This analysis describes the opposition between magistrates and colonial administrators over the period of installation of justice in the Federation of French West Africa (AOF), between 1887 and 1912. …”
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Perubahan peran dan fungsi benteng dalam tata ruang kota by Djoko Marihandono

“…The fortresses functioned as centres of colonial administration and control. In former days these fortresses were identified with the domination of power, economic exploitation and as symbols of foreign rule in areas ruled by local kings and entrepeneurs. …”
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Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne by Emmanuel Blanchard

“…A review of missing persons claims filed by abandoned or worried families with colonial administrators permit a reassessment of these immigrants, many of whom, far from being ‘lost’ in the Paris area, joined the labor force and rebuilt their lives with their French or immigrant wives.…”
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Sharī‘a under the English legal system in British India: Awqāf (endowments) in the making of Anglo-Muhammadan law by Abbasi, M, M Z Abbasi

“…However, Muslim lawyers, judges, legal commentators, and some religious scholars (<em>‘ulamā’</em>) simultaneously collaborated and negotiated with, and resisted colonial administrators in the process of legal transformation. …”

Italian Colonialism in the Making of National Consciousness: Representations of African Natives by Benedetta Zocchi

“…The research addresses the experiences and comments of explorers, journalists, jurists and relevant personalities of the colonial administration to tackle what they thought of their African counterparts, and how they portrayed them to the Italian public. …”
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Geological testimonies of the Portuguese Empire in the East among the collections of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (Lisbon, Portugal) by José Manuel Brandão

“…The Mineralogical and Geological Museum of the Faculty of Sciences in Lisbon preserved until the fire of 1978 samples representing several geological units of Timor, collected willfully by agents of the colonial administration. The study of this unique collection in the mainland museums has helped to shed light on the geology of the most distant overseas Portuguese territory. …”
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Joshua Dibundu, Lotin Same, and the Native Baptist Church: Resistance and Nationalism in Cameroon’s History of Religion by Roland Ndille

“…This article sets out to present Joshua Dibundu and Lotin Same, two clergymen and contemporaries of John Chilembwe of Nyasaland and Simon Kibangu of the Congo, who stood out against European missionary pressure and colonial administrative oppression in an effort to establish and sustain the first African Independent Church (AIC) in Cameroon: the Native Baptist Church (NBC). …”
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