Violence and the Dream People: The Orang Asli in the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 Volume 95 Tapa blanda - 1995 - 1st Edición

Ohio University Press, 1995. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by author.. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 254 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ohio Ris Southeast Asia, 95. Audience: General/trade.

Ohio University Press, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Binding firm, cover shiny, interior clean and unmarked. Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series, No. 95. Account of the little known struggle by the Malayan Government and communist guerillas to win the allegiance of the Orang Asli, an indigenous people of peninsular Malaya. ** 238pp. *** Index, biblio.

Paperback / softback. New. Violence and the Dream People is an account of a little-known struggle by the Malayan government and the communist guerrillas, during the 1948-1960 Malayan Emergency, to win the allegiance of the Orang Asli, the indigenous people of the peninsular Malaya. The author argues that the use of force by both sides in their attempts to woo or coerce the jungle dwellers to support one side or the other in the conflict, caused tensions among the Orang Asli that resulted in counter violence against the interlopers and internecine killings in the tribal groups. This study challenges the depiction of the Orang Asli as naive innocents, unwittingly manipulated by outsiders for their own purposes. Heavily outnumbered, they looked to their own resources to survive, in the face of relocation, conscription, random bombings, and haphazard killing. Leary argues that they were shrewd enough to recognize the winning side and backed their judgment with force where necessary. Violence and the… Leer más

Ohio Univ Ctr for Intl Studies, 1995. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 275 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Ohio University Press. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!