The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya

The Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya

Author: Anthony Milner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-07-18

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780521003568

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This innovative book is a pioneering study of political debate in an important Southeast Asian society. Now available in paperback it re-examines the formative period in Malay nationalism and argues against using nationalism as the paradigm of analysis.'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.' Shamsul, A.B., 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 and an example to those in other fields. It is a stylish and highly readable essay in cultural history.' William R Roff, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies


Everyday Life in Southeast Asia

Everyday Life in Southeast Asia

Author: Kathleen M. Adams

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2011-07-18

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 0253223210

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This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland and island countries, these engaging essays describe personhood and identity, family and household organization, nation-states, religion, popular culture and the arts, the legacies of war and recovery, globalization, and the environment. Throughout, the focus is on the daily lives and experiences of ordinary people. Most of the essays are original to this volume, while a few are widely taught classics. All were chosen for their timeliness and interest, and are ideally suited for the classroom.


The Malays

The Malays

Author: Anthony Milner

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-03-30

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1444305107

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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


The Boundaries of "the Japanese".

The Boundaries of

Author: Eiji Oguma

Publisher: Apollo Books

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9781925608946

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Now available in this paperback In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries of 'the Japanese': Volume 1: Okinawa 1818-1972 (2014), renowned historical sociologist Eiji Oguma further explores the fluctuating political, geographical, ethnic, and sociocultural borders of Japan and the Japanese from the latter years of the Tokugawa shogunate to the mid-20th century. Focus is placed first upon the northern island of Hokkaido with its indigenous Ainu inhabitants, and then upon the mainstays of Japan's colonial empire-Taiwan and Korea. In continuing to elaborate on the theme of inclusion and exclusion, the author comprehensively recounts and analyzes the events, actions, campaigns, and attitudes of both the rulers and the ruled as Japan endeavoured both to be seen as a strong, civilized nation by the wider world, and to 'civilize' its disparate subjects on its own terms. (Series: Japanese Society Series) Subject: Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, Japanese Studies, Cultural Studies, History]


Southeast Asian Warfare, 1300-1900

Southeast Asian Warfare, 1300-1900

Author: Michael Charney

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-12-24

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 9047406923

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This study of warfare in Southeast Asia between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries examines the chief aspects of warfare in the region. It begins with an examination of the cultural features that made warfare in the region unique, followed by a discussion of the main weapons used, and the two major sites of fighting, sieges and naval contests. Three chapters examine the role played by animals such as elephants and horses. The final two chapters examine the shift from mercenary armies and masses of levies to smaller standing armies. The study closes with an examination of the tumultuous nineteenth century, in which European naval power won the coast and rivers, while Southeast Asians held the advantage further inland.


Musical Childhoods of Asia and the Pacific

Musical Childhoods of Asia and the Pacific

Author: Chee-Hoo Lum

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1617357766

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Musical Childhoods of Asia and the Pacific agglomerates stories of young children’s music and musicking from around Southeast Asia and the Pacific. A collection of truly unique traditions are interrogated through a variety of contemporary methodologies. Readers are privileged to hear about children’s musical worlds from children, mothers’ musical worlds from mothers, a struggle to engage with music in a closed society, and new gender politics, among other stories. Researchers share experiences and insights gained from applying their chosen methodologies and add to the debate that shapes the continually transforming domain of music education research. Musical Childhoods builds on the diverse inquiry presented in the first three volumes in the series. This volume is an important addition to the libraries of colleges of education and schools of music, as well as music scholars and educators, researchers, and graduate students who are concerned with advancing both the scope and quality of research in the study of music teaching and learning.


Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects

Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects

Author: Lynn Hollen Lees

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-12-21

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1107038405

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This is an innovative study of how British Colonial rule and society in Malayan towns and plantations transformed immigrants into British subjects.


A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images

A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images

Author: Eiji Oguma

Publisher: ISBS

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9781876843045

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Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not established during the Meiji period, nor during the Pacific War, but only after the end of World War II. Oguma also examines how the peoples of the Japanese colonies were viewed in prewarliterature on ethnic identity.


Hegemony of Homogeneity

Hegemony of Homogeneity

Author: Harumi Befu

Publisher: Japanese Society

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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Nihonjinron is the Japanese term for Japanese national character, or the way the Japanese characterize themselves. Befu, a bilingual anthropologist who has studied Japan for 40 years, examines hundreds of original Japanese sources, and argues that Nihonjinron is a civil religion for the Japanese and that it responds to the country's political and economic environment. Befu is professor emeritus at Stanford University and has taught at universities in Japan, Europe, and Latin America. The book is distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.