Revisiting Colonialism and Colonial Labour The South Asian Working Class in British Malaya

This book argues that the prevailing view of colonialism needs to be rethought. It focuses on the experiences of the South Indian working class, large numbers of which came to Malaya in the early years of the twentieth century, emigrating from socially, economically, and environmentally inhospitable south India.

Info autore

Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja is a Professor of History in the Department of History at the University of Malaya, Malaysia
Shivalinggam Raymond is a research assistant in the Department of History at the University of Malaya, Malaysia

Riassunto

This book argues that the prevailing view of colonialism needs to be rethought. It focuses on the experiences of the South Indian working class, large numbers of which came to Malaya in the early years of the twentieth century, emigrating from socially, economically, and environmentally inhospitable south India.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Sivachandralingam Sundara Raja (Editore), Shivalinggam Raymond (Editore), Sundara Raja Sivachandralingam (Editore)
• Autori: Sivachandralingam Raymond Sundara Raja
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 28.11.2024
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia
• EAN: 9781032302799
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230279-9
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
• Categorie: Malaysia, British Empire, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General, colonial economic policy, historiography of empire, South Indian diaspora, British Malaya labour migration analysis, transnational working class, migration history Malaysia, postcolonial labour studies