Contested colonial metrological sovereignty: The daching riot and the regulation of weights and measures in British Malaya

• Main Authors: Hong, Por Heong, Ing, Tan Miau
• Format: Article
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33549/

Drawing on materials from the National Archives of Malaysia, newspapers, literature on historical metrology, and the colonial history of Malaya, this article weaves a social history of Malaya's colonial metrological reform by taking into account the roles of both European and Asian historical a...