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- catalog abstract ""Kuala Lumpur, founded around 1860, has had an eventful history, twice occupied (in 1872 and again in 1942) by enemy forces, and inundated by floods as recently as 1926. Even more remarkable is the improbable rise of a small trading post on a river bank far in the interior, to the proud status of state, then federal, and finally national capital." "In tracing the history of Kuala Lumpur (to 1942), the author has drawn a picture of the local communities and their leaders, beginning with the legendary Yap Ah Loy. The people who lived in the town made it what it was at the time, earning their livelihood, and enjoying their traditional amusements and ceremonies. Even in the modern city something of the legacy of the past is preserved - the Lake Gardens, the 'moorish' Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad, and the Railway Station, the mansions of the commercial moguls, and the humbler, but often attractively decorated, shophouses. It is a story, too, of the early rubber boom, and of making the town a healthier place for a better educated population to live in."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b8334205.
- catalog coverage "Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) History.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""Kuala Lumpur, founded around 1860, has had an eventful history, twice occupied (in 1872 and again in 1942) by enemy forces, and inundated by floods as recently as 1926. Even more remarkable is the improbable rise of a small trading post on a river bank far in the interior, to the proud status of state, then federal, and finally national capital." "In tracing the history of Kuala Lumpur (to 1942), the author has drawn a picture of the local communities and their leaders, beginning with the legendary Yap Ah Loy. The people who lived in the town made it what it was at the time, earning their livelihood, and enjoying their traditional amusements and ceremonies. Even in the modern city something of the legacy of the past is preserved - the Lake Gardens, the 'moorish' Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad, and the Railway Station, the mansions of the commercial moguls, and the humbler, but often attractively decorated, shophouses. It is a story, too, of the early rubber boom, and of making the town a healthier place for a better educated population to live in."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. How It Began -- 2. A State Capital in the 1880s -- 3. A Better Place to Live In -- 4. The People of Kuala Lumpur -- 5. Fun and Games -- 6. More Serious Things -- 7. A New Era -- 8. Between the Wars -- Retrospect from the 1990s.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-76) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 80 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Old Kuala Lumpur.".
- catalog identifier "9676530735".
- catalog isFormatOf "Old Kuala Lumpur.".
- catalog isPartOf "Images of Asia".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Old Kuala Lumpur.".
- catalog spatial "Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) History.".
- catalog subject "959.5/1 20".
- catalog subject "DS599.K8 G8495 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. How It Began -- 2. A State Capital in the 1880s -- 3. A Better Place to Live In -- 4. The People of Kuala Lumpur -- 5. Fun and Games -- 6. More Serious Things -- 7. A New Era -- 8. Between the Wars -- Retrospect from the 1990s.".
- catalog title "Old Kuala Lumpur / J.M. Gullick.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".