He Who is Made Lord : : Empire, Class and Race in Postwar Singapore / / Muhammad Suhail bin Mohamed Yazid.
In June 1959, the British established the office of Yang di-Pertuan Negara (He Who is Made Lord) to replace the colonial governorship and represent Queen Elizabeth II in Singapore. Muhammad Suhail explores the divergent attempts to invest meaning in the Yang di-Pertuan Negara. In doing so, he weaves...
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Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Abbreviations
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 1. Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore
- 2. Redesigning the Colonial State
- 3. Imperial, or Malay(an) Symbol?
- 4. Commoner, or Privileged Elite?
- 5. Multiracial, or Communal Icon?
- Epilogue: He Who is Made Lord
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR