1. Malaya - the land 2. The peoples 3. The Hindu millennium 4. Malacca's century of Malay rule 5. A Famosa 6. The Dutch at Malacca 7. The Straits settlements 8.

Britain and the Malay states 9. British administration 10. The reign of law 11. Trade, monopolized and free, and finance 12. Industries, past and present 13. Labour: health: education 14. Japan's hour of triumph 15. The Malayan union and Singapore 16.

An independent Malaya and a self-governing Singapore Bibliography Index.