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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Virginia Matheson Hooker |
| ISBN: | 1864489553 9781864489552 1864489553 9781864489552 |
| OCLC Number: | 52646987 |
| Description: | xiv, 345 p. [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Malaysia as history -- Peopling Malaysia -- Networks of power and exchange -- Melaka : a traditional Malay kingdom -- Johor and Kedah : contracts and alliances -- Pressures for change -- Responses to colonialism -- Transition to independence -- Malaysia is born -- Developing new visions -- Appendices : Time chart -- Fact file. |
| Series Title: | Short history of Asia series. |
| Other Titles: | Malaysia |
| Responsibility: | Virginia Matheson Hooker. |
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Abstract:
From the origins of its aboriginal peoples, through the years of Western domination to the forceful culture politics of Dr Mahathir, this is a lively and very informative account of Malaysia's past and the major trends in its contemporary political life and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.
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