The Malays [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony Milner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910146131603321
• Autore: Milner Anthony Crothers <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-11594-4; 9786612115943; 1-4443-0509-3; 1-4443-0510-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Collana: The peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific
• Disciplina: 305.89/928
• Soggetti: Malays (Asian people)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-274) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures; Maps; Preface and Acknowledgements; Note about the Author; 1: Thinking about 'the Malays' and 'Malayness'; 2: Early Histories: Engaging India and Islam; 3: The Sultanates; 4: A 'Malay' or Kerajaan World?; 5: Experiencing Colonialism, and the Making of the Bangsa Melayu; 6: Building 'Malays' into Nation States; 7: Multiple Forms of 'Malayness'; 8: Ethnicity, Civilization and the Fear of 'Disappearing from this World'; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Just who are 'the Malays'? This provocative study poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical, 'Malay' context. The Malays is a comprehensive examination of the origins and development of Malay identity, ethnicity, and consciousness over the past five centuries. Covers the political, economic, and cultural development of the Malays Explores the Malay presence in Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Camb