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Autore |
Loh Kah Seng |
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Titolo |
The University Socialist Club and the contest for Malaya : tangled strands of modernity / / Kah Seng Loh [and others] [[electronic resource]] |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-69831-5 |
90-485-1589-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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IIAS publications series. Monographs ; ; 7 |
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Disciplina |
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Students - Political activity - Singapore - History |
Students - Political activity - Malaysia - History |
Singapore History 1945-1963 |
Singapore Politics and government 1945-1963 |
Malaysia Politics and government 20th century |
Malaysia History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references ([325]-335 p.) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Photographs -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Socialist Club and the Modernity Project -- 2. Awake in the Bowl of Night -- 3. The Fajar Trial -- 4. Visionary of the Nation, Voice of Stifled Malayans -- 5. A Beacon of Light on the Campus and Beyond -- 6. Frankly Partisan in the Struggle for Student Leadership -- 7. The Shadow over the Club -- 8. Resisting Malaysia, Swansong for Malaya -- 9. Long Night after Coldstore -- 10. In Defence of University Autonomy and Student Rights -- 11. Entwined Memories and Myths -- Conclusion: Modernity in Singapore and Malaya Reconsidered -- The University Socialists: Biographical Sketches -- Timeline of Events -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using a wealth of material including interviews, official documents, and student writings, the authors recount the rise of newly independent states in postwar Malaya and Singapore through the engagements of a left-wing group of university student activists. The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya brings to life various contemporary |
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movements, including democratic, Marxist, socialist, ethnicity-based groups which seek to influence postcolonial Malaya, as well as their fluid relationships with one another, at a time when allies became enemies, and vice versa. An original and vital study, this volume delves into the complex mental worlds and historical milieu of political and student activism. |
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