CHEAH BOON KHENG former Professor of History, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, PenangJOHN H. DRABBLE former Senior Lecturer and Reader in Economic History, University of SydneyALBERTO GOMES Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe UniversityGISELA KAPLAN Adjunct Professor, Research Centre of Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies, University of New England, Armidale, NSWNALLAMILLI PRAKASH Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of New EnglandLESLEY ROGERS Personal Chair, Professor of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

• List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures Foreword Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.Kaur & I.Metcalfe Geological Origins and Natural Resources; I.Metcalfe Flora; N.Prakash Fauna: Past, Present and Future; L.J.Rogers Peoples and Cultures; A.Gomes Politics; C.B.Kheng Economy and Society: The Formation of a National Economy; A.Kaur Environment and Ecotourism: The Case of the Orang-Utan; G.Kaplan The 'Lucky Country': Malaysia's Twentieth Century Economic Transformation; J.H.Drabble Index

CHEAH BOON KHENG former Professor of History, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, PenangJOHN H. DRABBLE former Senior Lecturer and Reader in Economic History, University of SydneyALBERTO GOMES Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe UniversityGISELA KAPLAN Adjunct Professor, Research Centre of Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies, University of New England, Armidale, NSWNALLAMILLI PRAKASH Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of New EnglandLESLEY ROGERS Personal Chair, Professor of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

• List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures Foreword Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.Kaur & I.Metcalfe Geological Origins and Natural Resources; I.Metcalfe Flora; N.Prakash Fauna: Past, Present and Future; L.J.Rogers Peoples and Cultures; A.Gomes Politics; C.B.Kheng Economy and Society: The Formation of a National Economy; A.Kaur Environment and Ecotourism: The Case of the Orang-Utan; G.Kaplan The 'Lucky Country': Malaysia's Twentieth Century Economic Transformation; J.H.Drabble Index

CHEAH BOON KHENG former Professor of History, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, PenangJOHN H. DRABBLE former Senior Lecturer and Reader in Economic History, University of SydneyALBERTO GOMES Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe UniversityGISELA KAPLAN Adjunct Professor, Research Centre of Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies, University of New England, Armidale, NSWNALLAMILLI PRAKASH Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of New EnglandLESLEY ROGERS Personal Chair, Professor of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

• List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures Foreword Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; A.Kaur & I.Metcalfe Geological Origins and Natural Resources; I.Metcalfe Flora; N.Prakash Fauna: Past, Present and Future; L.J.Rogers Peoples and Cultures; A.Gomes Politics; C.B.Kheng Economy and Society: The Formation of a National Economy; A.Kaur Environment and Ecotourism: The Case of the Orang-Utan; G.Kaplan The 'Lucky Country': Malaysia's Twentieth Century Economic Transformation; J.H.Drabble Index