Tamils and the haunting of justice : history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations /

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In 2006 dejected members of the Bukit Jalil Estate community faced eviction from their homes in Kuala Lumpur where they had lived for generations. City officials classified plantation residents as squatters and, unaware of years of toil, attachment to the land, and past official promises, questioned...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Willford, Andrew C. (Andrew Clinton) (Autor)
Otros Autores: Nagarajan, S., 1956- (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014.
Temas:
Tamil (Indic people) > Land tenure > Malaysia.
Tamil (Indic people) > Relocation > Malaysia.
Plantation workers > Relocation > Malaysia.
Tamil (Indic people) > Government policy > Malaysia.
Plantation workers > Government policy > Malaysia.
Tamouls > Terres > Malaisie.
Tamouls > Politique gouvernementale > Malaisie.
Travailleurs des plantations > Politique gouvernementale > Malaisie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Tamil (Indic people) > Government policy
Malaysia
Maleisië.
Electronic books.
Tamils (volk)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • An emergent betrayal: Tamils and the development of Selangor's plantations
  • Plantation fragments
  • Tapping memories: plantations are not a workplace
  • Interruptions, insurrections, strategies
  • The locus of God's power: the faith of spirit and its incomprehensible shattering
  • Ethnic riots and other myths
  • Flats
  • The law's betrayal
  • Hindraf and the haunting of justice.

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