Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. New Edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxv + 301pp, appendix, bibliography, index, paperback. In northern Sumatra, as in Malaya, colonial rule embraced an extravagant array of sultans, rajas, datuks and uleebalangs. In Malaya the traditional Malay elite served as a barrier to evolutionary change... More about The Blood of the People