Author: Joel S. Kahn
Publisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971693343
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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This simulating new reading of constructions of ethnicity in Malaysia and Singapore is an important contribution to understanding the powerful linkages between ethnicity, religious reform, identity and nationalism in multi-ethnic Southeast Asia.
Author: Gerald B Gardner
Publisher: Orchid Press
ISBN: 9789745242326
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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A new edition of a classic on Malay weaponry and war, originally published in 1936 in an extremely limited printing now virtually impossible to find. In addition to his work in description and classification of all sorts of Malay weaponry, Gardner spent significant effort in discussions on the origin of the keris (or kris) and its close association with occult beliefs among Malays, an interest of Gardner's which was to have a huge effect on him, later in life. Following his retirement from the British Civil Service in Malaya, not long after the original publication of this book, Gardner returned to the UK, where he focussed his interests on magic and witchcraft, his writings and efforts eventually serving to revive the tradition. Garner is considered by many to be the 'Father of the Wicca Movement'. This book will be of interest to all who wish to understand the timeless link between weaponry and warfare, superstition and magic, in the greater Malay world.
Author: Syed Husin Ali
Publisher: The Other Press
ISBN: 9839541617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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The Malays as an ethnic group has been defined on the basis of both legal-constitutional and historical-cultural factors. While it is difficult to speculate or visualise correctly the future of any country or people, it is possible to provide a general outline of the trends of the past and present, and probably attempt to at least indicate what should be avoided and promoted to ensure a better future. This is what Dr Syed Husin Ali attempts in this book. In nine chapters, he discusses the Malays and their origin, history, religion, economy, politics and development up to the present day. He connects all of these to the various changes in the forms of modernisation and development programmes which affected, and continue to impact upon, the Malays. Three decades have passed since the book was first published. During that time many changes have taken place in the country. But the basic problems facing the Malays, contends the writer, have remained the same. The current controversies on the declining power of the Malays, as perceived by some, affirm these problems, and make the book more relevant.
Author: George Henty
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040516347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: G. A. Henty
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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There are 3 short stories in this collection of adventure stories. It was intended as reading material for juvenile readers. Characters from around the globe populate the stories and they are enjoyable and easy to read. The first story is set in the seventeenth century, the second in the nineteenth century, and the last at about the same time.
Author: Farish A. Noor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historiography
Languages : ms
Pages : 392
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"The Other Malaysia is a compilation of some of the articles by Farish A. Noor that were published in the online daily Malaysiakini.com. His writings aimed to unearth the forgotten and marginalised aspects of Malaysian history, reminding us of the manifold possibilities and contingencies that existed in the past and remain with us still. The articles were an attempt at a sustained critique of Malaysian historiography and an effort to deconstruct some of the more settled and essentialist understandings upon which Malaysian politics, culture and social life are premised"--Back cover.
Author: Anthony Milner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444305107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Just who are ‘the Malays’? This provocative study posesthe question and considers how and why the answers have changedover time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner developsa sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical,‘Malay’ context. The Malays is a comprehensiveexamination of the origins and development of Malay identity,ethnicity, and consciousness over the past five centuries. Covers the political, economic, and cultural development of theMalays Explores the Malay presence in Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia,Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, as well as themodern Malay show-state of Malaysia Offers diplomatic speculation about ways Malay ethnicity willdevelop and be challenged in the future
Author: G. A. Henty
Publisher: Sheba Blake Publishing
ISBN: 3986777644
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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Get set for rip-roaring adventure in this collection of action-adventure short stories from renowned juvenile fiction scribe G. A. Henty. If there's a little one in your life who isn't fond of reading, this thrilling collection might just be the answer. Combining extensive historical research with fast-paced action, these stories are bound to enthrall even the most reluctant young reader.
Author: Nicholas Belfield Dennys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Author: G. A. Henty
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368365134
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Reproduction of the original.
