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Record Nr.

UNISA996214838603316

Autore

Loh Kah Seng

Titolo

The University Socialist Club and the contest for Malaya : tangled strands of modernity / / Kah Seng Loh [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-69831-5

90-485-1589-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

IIAS publications series. Monographs ; ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

LohKah Seng

Disciplina

959.5705

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references ([325]-335 p.) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



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.