The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya : : Tangled Strands of Modernity / / Kah Seng Loh, Guo Quan Seng, Cheng Tju Lim, Edgar Liao.
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 Cont...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | IIAS Publications ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
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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