Author : T. N. Harper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052159040X
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (215 download)
Book Synopsis The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya by : T. N. Harper
Download or read book The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya written by T. N. Harper and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-02 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Malaya was born in a period of war, insurrection, and monumental social upheaval. Tim Harper's acclaimed 1999 study examines the achievement of independence in 1957, not primarily through the struggle between Imperial Britain and nationalist elites, but through the internal struggles that late colonial rule fostered at all levels of Malayan society. It contains research on the impact of the Second World War in Malaya, the origins and course of the Communist Emergency, and urbanisation and popular culture, and charts the responses of Malaya's communities to more intrusive forms of government and to rapid social change. Dr Harper emphasises the various conflicting visions of independence, and suggests that although the experiments of late colonialism were frustrated, they left an enduring legacy for the politics of independent Malaya. This book sheds light on the dynamics of nationalism, ethnicity, and state-building in modern Southeast Asia.