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Imperial alchemy : nationalism and political identity in Southeast Asia /

"The mid-twentieth century marked one of the greatest watersheds of Asian history, when a range of imperial constructs were declared to be nation-states, either by revolution or decolonisation. Nationalism was the great alchemist, turning the base metal of empire into the gold of nations. To ac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reid, Anthony, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nationalism and Asia
  • Understanding Southeast Asian nationalisms
  • Chinese as a Southeast Asian 'other'
  • Malay (Melayu) and its descendants : multiple meanings of a porous category
  • Aceh : memories of monarchy
  • Sumatran Bataks : from statelessness to Indonesian diaspora
  • Lateforming ethnie in Malaysia : Kadazan or Dusun
  • Imperial alchemy-revolutionary dreams.