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A short history of Malaysia : linking east and west

Author: Virginia Matheson Hooker
Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2003
Series: Short history of Asia series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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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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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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