The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521590402)

This is the first general social and political history of Malaya. Focusing on the years 1945 to 1957, the last years of British rule and the achievement of independence, it embraces a wealth of social, economic and cultural, as well as political themes. It contains new research on the impact of the Second World War in Malaya, the origins and course of the Communist Emergency, and the response of Malaya's various ethnic communities to nationalism and social change. A concluding chapter takes these themes forward into the 1990s to shed new light on the emergence of this important Southeast Asian nation.

Author: T. N. Harper
ISBN-10: 052159040X
ISBN-13: 9780521590402
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/02/1999
Pages: 436
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d