As empires fell : the life and times of Lee Hau-Shik, the first Finance Minister of Malaya /
To understand how independence was gained for a politically complex country such as Malaysia, and how its structure took form requires familiarity with the key players involved. More importantly, only by locating these actors within the changing socio-political context in which they specifically liv...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
ISEAS Publishing,
2020.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- PART ONE: 1901-42
- 1. Colonial Life Between the Wars
- 2. Times of Opportunity
- PART TWO: 1942-45
- 3. Political Awakening Amid Global Wars
- 4. Finding Refuge in India
- PART THREE: 1945-59
- 5. Politics in a Messy New World
- 6. Moving Towards Merdeka
- Epilogue: After 1959
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author