The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya : : Tangled Strands of Modernity / / Kah Seng Loh, Guo Quan Seng, Cheng Tju Lim, Edgar Liao.

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• VerfasserIn: Loh, Kah Seng,; Liao, Edgar,; Lim, Cheng Tju,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: IIAS Publications ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)

Using a wealth of material including interviews, official documents, and student writings, the authors recount the rise of newly independent states in postwar Malaya and Singapore through the engagements of a left-wing group of university student activists. The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya brings to life various contemporary movements, including democratic, Marxist, socialist, ethnicity-based groups which seek to influence postcolonial Malaya, as well as their fluid relationships with one another, at a time when allies became enemies, and vice versa. An original and vital study, this volume delves into the complex mental worlds and historical milieu of political and student activism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Photographs -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Socialist Club and the Modernity Project -- 2. Awake in the Bowl of Night -- 3. The Fajar Trial -- 4. Visionary of the Nation, Voice of Stifled Malayans -- 5. A Beacon of Light on the Campus and Beyond -- 6. Frankly Partisan in the Struggle for Student Leadership -- 7. The Shadow over the Club -- 8. Resisting Malaysia, Swansong for Malaya -- 9. Long Night after Coldstore -- 10. In Defence of University Autonomy and Student Rights -- 11. Entwined Memories and Myths -- Conclusion: Modernity in Singapore and Malaya Reconsidered -- The University Socialists: Biographical Sketches -- Timeline of Events -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index