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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      18 December 2009
      27 January 1995
      ISBN:
      9780511597213
      9780521465656
      9780521003568
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511597213
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 338 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.757kg, 340 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Twentieth Century Regional History
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    This book, first published in 1995, is a study of political debate in an important Southeast Asian society. It re-examines the formative period in Malay nationalism and argues against using nationalism as the paradigm of analysis. By interrogating key Malay texts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Anthony Milner shows how contested and problematic the sphere of nationalism was. Central to the book is the notion of politics and it explores the development of political discourse in Malaysia. By stressing the emerging tension in Malay political thinking between monarchy, religion and nationalism, the author provides an essential introduction to the politics and society of modern Malaysia.

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    ‘This magnificent book is certainly essential reading for Malaysianists and Malaysians interested in the intrigues and mystique of Malay politics, in the past and at present.’

    A. B. Shamsul Source: Asian Studies Review

    ‘The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya is a model of its kind and will undoubtedly become a landmark in Malaysian studies.’

    William R. Roff Source: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

    ' … unusual, detailed and original book .'

    Source: Asian Affairs

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