Bangsa Melayu: Malay Concepts of Democracy and Community, 1945-1950 Tapa blanda - 2015

Strategic Information and Research Development Centre. 2015. 2nd ed.. Trade paperback. Fine.. 325 p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. . The years immediately after the Second World War were critical in the remaking of Southeast Asian societies. Bangsa Melayu is an innovative study of political ideology in two related but distinct Malay communities in peninsular Malaya and East Sumatra at this time of tremendous political ferment. Prior to this period the kerajaan monarchies headed by the sultans had been central to Malay political culture and identity. With the rise of nationalism, contestation over nationality and the emergence of nation states in the making, new alternatives became available to the Malays. In peninsular Malaya bangsa Melayu (Malay ethnic identity) appeared as a focus of loyalty and community, taking precedence over kerajaan. Meanwhile, in Sumatra the advent of an all-embracing Indonesian republic led to the complete destruction of the monarchical system. In this new… Leer más

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2015. Second edition. Paperback. New/N/A. Prior to the Second World War Malay society on the peninsula an in East Sumatra had been dominated by the kerjaan, sultans' rule. Postwar nascent nationalism in both Indonesia and Malaya eroded the role of the sultans leading to their elimination in Indonesia and reduction to a more ceremonial role in Malaysia. The author contrasts and compares the nationalist movements in both countries in an attempt to determine why the results were so different. This reedited edition of the Oxford University Press edition of 1993 has a foreword by Anthony Milner and a new preface by the author 325 pages a bibliography, glossary and index. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia