Kulim Town :- Good Books About Kulim's History

If you have time to spare , get this book. This book is about the history of the Chinese Merchants in the state of Penang and Kedah in the late 1800's and before the onset of the Japanese Occupation of Malaya. The history of the chinese merchants of Kulim is being discussed in detail.

Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941: Kedah and Penang.
By :-Wu Xiao An

The second reading material is a thesis by : Cheng, Lim Keak

Title of Thesis:- The Chinese Community in Kulim Town - A Case Study of Chinese social, economic, cultural and political activities in West Malaysia.

A Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington

Third Reading material

Kedah Selepas Perang Kulim:
Faktor British Dan Siam Dalam Kajian Perkembangan Sosio-Politik Kedah, 1888-1909

By Eng Kee Thow

Fourth Reading material

Tradition and change in a Malay state : a study of the economic and political development of Kedah, 1878-1923 / by Sharom Ahmat


I will be looking for more academic writings about the history of the Malays and Indians of Kulim Town if time permits.

Till then happy reading!