the Malays
Just who are 'the Malays'? This provocative study poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical, 'Malay' context. The Mala...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA
Wiley-Blackwell Pub.
2011
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| Series: | The peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific
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Add Tag | Summary: | Just who are 'the Malays'? This provocative study poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical, 'Malay' context. The Malays is a comprehensive examination of the origins and development of Malay identity, ethnicity, and consciousness over the past five centuries. Covers the political, economic, and cultural development of the Malays Explores the Malay presence in Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, as well as the modern Malay show-state of Malaysia Offers diplomatic speculation about ways Malay ethnicity will develop and be challenged in the future |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 293 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-274) and index |
| ISBN: | 9781444339031 (pbk.) 1444339036 9780631172222 063117222X |
THE MALAYS A CULTURAL HISTORY