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Autore |
Baker Jim (James Michael), <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : a popular history of Malaysia and Singapore / / Jim Baker |
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Singapore, : Marshall Cavendish Editions |
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Tarrytown, N.Y., : Marshall Cavendish Corp., c2008 |
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ISBN |
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981-4435-48-1 |
981-261-926-7 |
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Edizione |
[Fully updated 2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (457 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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History - Malaysia |
History - Singapore |
Malaysia History |
Singapore 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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-443) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 MALAYSIA AND ITS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; 2 INDIAN INFLUENCE AND EARLY EMPIRES; 3 WEST MEETS EAST IN THE ARCHIPELAGO; 4 BRITAIN TAKES CONTROL OF THE CROSSROADS; 5 SINGAPORE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; 6 THE MALAY PENINSULA UNTIL 1874; 7 BRITISH INTERVENTION; 8 THE BRITISH IN BORNEO; 9 IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE ON MALAYA; 10 IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE ON THE MALAYS; 11 SINGAPORE: A GLOBAL TRADER; 12 WORLD WAR II AND BRITISH MALAYA; 13 MALAYA AFTER THE WAR; 14 SINGAPORE: THE ROAD TOSELF-RULE |
15 MALAYANS TAKE CONTROL16 MALAYSIA 1965-1990; 17 INDEPENDENT SINGAPORE; 18 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MALAYSIA; 19 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYSINGAPORE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this fully updated, second edition of Crossroads, Jim Baker adds two new chapters that bring Malaysia and Singapore into the middle of the first decade of the 21st century. The original text (which traces the complex currents of history and politics of Malaysia and |
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