Sunset of the Empire in Malaya: A New Zealander's Life in the Colonial Education Service
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Sunset of the Empire in Malaya: A New Zealander's Life in the Colonial Education Service
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In this rich and rewarding memoir, T.K.Taylor describes his experiences in schools from Kuala Lumpur to Johore Bahru as he worked in the Colonial Service to help rebuild the country in the aftermath of World War II and Japanese occupation. Full of vivid anecdote and sharply observed historical detail, his writing takes us from his first days adapting the Western curriculum to local schools' needs to his time as Chief Education Officer for Selangor state, showing the role of education in the transition to independence
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