An informative and well-researched book, The King's Chinese provides a superb account of the Straits British Chinese, a distinct migrant society from various di

In this wonderfully detailed narrative, Daryl Yeap brings us the fascinating story of Hui-lan, Ida and Lucy, daughters and wife of Asia's richest man at the tur

From its beginnings in the late eighteenth century, the vibrant colonial port of Penang attracted a diverse range of peoples, enabled pioneering commercial ente

"This is a bold project recording the lives of a particular group of Southeast Asians. Most of the people whose biographies are included here have settled down