The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, T. N., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is the first general social and political history ong>ofong> Malaya. Focusing on the years to , the last years ong>ofong> British rule and the achievement ong>ofong> independence, it embraces a wealth ong>ofong> social, economic and cultural, as well as political themes. It contains new research on the impact ong>ofong> the Second World War in Malaya, the origins and course ong>ofong> the Communist Emergency, and the response ong>ofong> Malaya's various ethnic communities to nationalism and social change. A concluding chapter takes these themes forward into the s to shed new light on the emergence ong>ofong> this important Southeast Asian nation.