The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya - Tangled Strands of Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Kah Seng Loh is a postdoctoral fellow at Kyoto University. Klappentext In dit boek wordt natievorming van na de Tweede Wereldoorlog van Singapore en Maleisië aanschouwelijk gemaakt door bestudering van een kleine groep linkse studentenactivisten. Ondanks dat de meeste onderzoeken naar deze periode zich richten op politieke protestgroepen om tot een verklaring te komen, laat deze publicatie zien dat het beter gezien k Inhaltsverzeichnis The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya - 1[-]Contents - 8[-]Acknowledgments - 12[-]List of Photographs - 16[-]Abbreviations - 18[-]1 The Socialist Club and the Modernity Project - 20[-]2 Awake in the Bowl of Night - 42[-]3 The Fajar Trial - 62[-]4 Visionary of the Nation, Voice of Stifled Malayans - 82[-]5 A Beacon of Light on the Campus and Beyond - 106[-]6 Frankly Partisan in the Struggle for Student Leadership - 128[-]7 The Shadow over the Club - 154[-]8 Resisting Malaysia, Swansong for Malaya - 168[-]9 Long Night after Coldstore - 192[-]10 In Defence of University Autonomy and Student Rights - 210[-]11 Entwined Memories and Myths - 234[-]Conclusion: Modernity in Singapore and Malaya Reconsidered - 256[-]The University Socialists: Biographical Sketches - 266[-]Timeline of Events - 282[-]Notes - 288[-]Bibliography - 326[-]Index - 338

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• Authors: Edgar Liao, Cheng Tju Lim, Kah Seng Loh, Kah Seng/ Liao Loh, Loh Kah Seng
• Assisted by: Cheng Tju Lim (Editor), Kah Seng Loh (Editor), Guo-Quan Seng (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.09.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9789089644091
• ISBN: 978-90-8964-409-1
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Aup - Iias Publications; IIAS Publications Series; Aup - Iias Publications; Iias Publications
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politikwissenschaft, Singapur, Malaysia, Asiatische Geschichte, Politische Parteien