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Floating on a Malayan breeze : travels in Malaysia and Singapore /
"What happens after a country splits apart? Forty-seven years ago Singapore separated from Malaysia. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Malaysia has given preference to the majority Malay Muslims -- the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Singapore, meanwhile, has...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore : Hong Kong [China] :
NUS Press ; Hong Kong University Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "What happens after a country splits apart? Forty-seven years ago Singapore separated from Malaysia. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Malaysia has given preference to the majority Malay Muslims -- the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Singapore, meanwhile, has tried to build a meritocracy -- ostensibly colour-blind, yet more encouraging perhaps to some Singaporeans than to others. How have these policies affected ordinary people? How do these two divergent nations now see each other and the world around them? Seeking answers to these questions, two Singaporeans set off to cycle around Peninsular Malaysia, armed with a tent, two pairs of clothes and a daily budget of three US dollars each. They spent 30 days on the road, cycling through every Malaysian state, and chatting with hundreds of Malaysians"--Publisher's description. |
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| Notas: | "First published by Hong Kong University Press"--Title page verso. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 282 pages) : illustrations (some color), map. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789882208841 9882208843 9789971696474 9971696479 |