The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya

ISBN-13: 9780521590402 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 436 str.

Tim Harper

Opis

This is the first general social and political history of Malaya. Focusing on the years 1945 to 1957, the last years of British rule and the achievement of independence, it embraces a wealth of social, economic and cultural, as well as political themes. It contains new research on the impact of the Second World War in Malaya, the origins and course of the Communist Emergency, and the response of Malaya's various ethnic communities to nationalism and social change. A concluding chapter takes these themes forward into the 1990s to shed new light on the emergence of this important Southeast Asian nation.

Recenzje

'It is without doubt a very significant piece of historical writing. The amount of detail collected and meticulously referenced, is impressive.' Bijdragen

Spis treści

List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Glossary of non-English terms; Introduction; 1. 'On the ruins of Melaka fort'; 2. The Malayan spring; 3. The revolt on the periphery; 4. Rural society and terror; 5. House of glass; 6. The advent of the 'Bumiputera'; 7. The politics of culture; 8. Making citizens; 9. The colonial inheritance; Bibliography; Index.