New Perspectives and Research on Malaysian History Essays on Malaysian Historiography

• Other Authors: Cheah, Boon Kheng 1939- (editors)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur MBRAS 2007
• Series: Monograph 41
• Subjects: Historiography > Malaysia; Malaysia > Historiography
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• Physical Description: vii, 270 pages 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 9789679948400 (hardback); 9679948404 (hardback)

Historiography is both the study of the writing ofhistory, and the history of historical writings. This book deals with the current research interests, methods, thinking and trends in Malaysian historial writing. The individual essays focus not only on new historical sources and methodologies, but also on debates between different schools of Malaysian historians on conceptual issues and on ways to reconstruct the Malaysian past. For a long time the primary object of Malaysian historical studies has been the nation-state, but some of the historians in this volume now argue that local history, social history, economic history, and the role of women, minorities and even marginalized groups like trishaw peddlers are equally important concerns within Malaysia's socially diverse and multi-ethnic fabric. The essays also discuss challenges Malaysian historians face from new movements like post-modernism in representing historical truth and objectivity. This book should be of interest not only to students of Malaysian history, but also to the general reader.