Tragic Orphans : : Indians in Malaysia / / Carl Vadivella Belle.
In 1938, noting that the bulk of the Indian population formed a "landless proletariat" and despairing of the ability of the factionalized Indian community to unite in pursuit of common objectives, activist K.A. Neelakanda Ayer forecast that the fate of Indians in Malaya would be to become...
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Vadivella Belle, Carl, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Tragic Orphans : Indians in Malaysia / Carl Vadivella Belle. Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (512 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Malay Peninsula: Early History, Melaka and the Colonial Setting -- 2. European Colonialism and the Malay Peninsula -- 3. India and the Development of British Ideologies of Empire -- 4. British Governance of Malaya -- 5. Slavery and Indentured Labour -- 6. Indian Indentured Labour in Malaya -- 7. Kangany Labour in Malaya -- 8. Other Indian Immigration -- 9. Indian Political Development to 1941 -- 10. The Japanese Invasion, Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian Wartime Nationalism -- 11. The Post-war Period: Reform and Repression: 1945-48 -- 12. From Federation to Merdeka -- 13. From Malaya to Malaysia: Singapore, 13 May and the New Economic Policy -- 14. The Mahathir Years: A Changing Malaysian Landscape -- 15. Abdullah Badawi, Islamization, and the Rise of Hindraf -- 16. Najib and 1Malaysia: A New Deal? -- CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In 1938, noting that the bulk of the Indian population formed a "landless proletariat" and despairing of the ability of the factionalized Indian community to unite in pursuit of common objectives, activist K.A. Neelakanda Ayer forecast that the fate of Indians in Malaya would be to become "Tragic orphans - of whom India has forgotten and Malaya looks down upon with contempt". Ayer's words continue to resonate; as a minority group in a nation dominated politically by colonially derived narratives of "race" and ethnicity and riven by the imperatives of religion, the general trajectory of the economically and politically impotent Indian community has been one of increasing irrelevance. This book explores the history of the modern Indian presence in Malaysia, and traces the vital role played by the Indian community in the construction of contemporary Malaysia. In this comprehensive new study, Carl Vadivella Belle offers fresh insights on the Indian experience spanning the period from the colonial recruitment of Indian labour to the post-Merdeka political, economic and social marginalization of Indians. While recent Indian challenges to the political status quo - a regime described as that of "benign neglect" - promoted Indian hopes of reform, change and uplift, the author concludes that the dictates of political discourse permeated by the ideologies of communalism offer limited prospects for meaningful change. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) East Indian diaspora Social conditions. East Indian diaspora. East Indians Malaysia Economic conditions. East Indians Malaysia Race relations. East Indians. Marginality, Social Malaysia. Marginality, Social. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015 9783110663006 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110606683 print 9789814519038 https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814620123 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789814620123 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9789814620123.jpg |
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