The lost race in British Malaya: revisiting the problems of south Indian labourers

• Main Authors: Sundara Raja, Sivachandralingam, Raymond, Shivalinggam
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: DS Asia
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20591/; https://doi.org/10.1080/09739572.2018.1485237

This article discusses the history of socioeconomic and political exclusion of south Indian labourers in Malaya in relation to the racial policy of the British administration from 1907 until the early 1950s. During these years, Indian labourers were susceptible to Britain’s policy of accommodating t...