As Empires Fell : : The Life and Times of Lee Hau-Shik, the First Finance Minister of Malaya / / Ooi Kee Beng.
To understand how independence was gained for a politically complex country such as Malaysia, and how its structure took form requires familiarity with the key players involved. More importantly, only by locating these actors within the changing socio-political context in which they specifically liv...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2020 Part 2 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. 1901-42 -- Chapter 1 COLONIAL LIFE BETWEEN THE WARS -- Chapter 2 TIMES OF OPPORTUNITY -- PART TWO. 1942-45 -- Chapter 3 POLITICAL AWAKENING AMID GLOBAL WARS -- Chapter 4 FINDING REFUGE IN INDIA -- PART THREE. 1945-59 -- Chapter 5 POLITICS IN A MESSY NEW WORLD -- Chapter 6 MOVING TOWARDS MERDEKA -- EPILOGUE AFTER 1959 -- NOTES -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Summary: | To understand how independence was gained for a politically complex country such as Malaysia, and how its structure took form requires familiarity with the key players involved. More importantly, only by locating these actors within the changing socio-political context in which they specifically lived does their influence both before and after the birth of the country become clear. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9789814881456 9783110696295 9783110704792 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704624 9783110689594 |
DOI: | 10.1355/9789814881456 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ooi Kee Beng. |