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 “Tragic or...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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