Malay Society Transformation & Democratisation A stimulating and discerning study on the evolution of Malay society through the passage of time

• Main Author: Khoo, Kay Kim Dato' 1937- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Subang Jaya Pelanduk Publication (M) Sdn Bhd 1991
• Subjects: Malays; Malays (Asian people) > Social life and customs > Malaya; Malays (Asian People) > Historiography; Malaya > History
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 This is a discerning study on the evolution of Malay society. Beginning with the foundation of the Melaka Sultanate, which established a set of traditions that effectively shaped Malay political culture, the reader is taken through the various phases of transformation of the society. The latter part of the 18th century marked practically the first important phases of change when the British Melaka and bought the Malay maritime tradition to an end. By the close of the 19th century, further transformation had taken place with the advent of foreign capital and British administration, followed by even more intensive investments from abroad. Although the Malays were left out of the mainstream of development, there was nonetheless active intellectual ferment resulting from the growth of both religious and vernacular schools.