Plantation Systems, Labour Regimes and the State in Malaysia, 1900–2012

The politics and organization of the East India Company and the pursuit of tropical commodities corresponded with the facilitation and channelling of Indian migrant labour for coffee and sugar cultivation in Malaya … Read More >Plantation Systems, Labour Regimes and the State in Malaysia, 1900–2012

The NUPW in the Nineties: Plantation Workers in Malaysia

This paper reviews the history of the National Union of Plantation Workers from its origins in the uncertainties of the political outcome of the end of the British colonial administrations in the Malayan peninsular through to the dramatic changes taking place in the Federation of Malaysia as that country fast reaches industrialised status. … Read More >The NUPW in the Nineties: Plantation Workers in Malaysia