The Shaping of Malaysia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Introduction

   • Amarjit Kaur, Ian Metcalfe

   Pages 1-10

3. Geological Origins and Natural Resources

   • Ian Metcalfe

   Pages 11-41

4. Flora

   • N. Prakash

   Pages 42-55

5. Fauna: Past, Present and Future

   • Lesley J. Rogers

   Pages 56-77

6. Peoples and Cultures

   • Alberto Gomes

   Pages 78-98

7. Politics

   • Cheah Boon Kheng

   Pages 99-118

8. Economy and Society

   • Amarjit Kaur

   Pages 119-172

9. Environment and Ecotourism

   • Gisela Kaplan

   Pages 173-195

10. The ‘Lucky Country’

    • J. H. Drabble

    Pages 196-210

11. Back Matter

    Pages 211-222

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This book brings together for the first time studies on all aspects of the Malaysian economy. These range from the geological origins and mineral resources, flora, fauna, peoples and cultures, political development, economy and society, environment and ecotourism in Malaysia and encapsulates the integration of the country into the wider international economy. The book also attempts to make Malaysia's current economic and political development more explicable by considering it in the light of these natural and human resource endowments and by exploring how they have changed over time.

• development
• economy
• environment
• integration
• tourism
• transformation
• economic geology

• University of New England, Armidale, Australia

  Amarjit Kaur, Ian Metcalfe

CHEAH BOON KHENG former Professor of History, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang JOHN H. DRABBLE former Senior Lecturer and Reader in Economic History, University of Sydney ALBERTO GOMES Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe University GISELA KAPLAN Adjunct Professor, Research Centre of Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies, University of New England, Armidale, NSW NALLAMILLI PRAKASH Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of New England LESLEY ROGERS Personal Chair, Professor of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

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