ISBN10: 9971695081, ISBN13: 9789971695088, [publisher: National University of Singapore Press] Softcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]
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ISBN10: 9971695081, ISBN13: 9789971695088, [publisher: NUS Press 08.2012.] Softcover 375 Seiten Red Star Over Malaya is an account of the inter-racial relations between Malays and Chinese during the final stages of the Japanese occupation. In 1947, none of the three major race of Malaya - Malays, Chinese, and Indians - regarded themselves as pan-ethnic "Malayans" with common duties and problems. With the occupation forcibly cut them off from China, Chinese residents began to look inwards towards Malaya and stake political claims, leading inevitably to a political contest with the Malays. As the country advanced towards nationhood and self-government, there was tension between traditional loyalties to the Malay rulers and the states, or to ancestral homelands elsewhere, and the need to cultivate an enduring loyalty to Malaya on the part of those who would make their home there in future. As Japanese forces withdrew from the countryside, the Chinese guerrillas of the communist-led resistance movement, the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), emerged from the jungle and took control of some 70 per cent of the country's smaller towns and villages, seriously alarming the Malay population. When the British Military Administration sought to regain control of these liberated areas, the ensuing conflict set the tone for future political conflicts and marked a crucial stage in the history of Malaya. Based on extensive archival research, Red Star ...
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Singapore Univ Pr 2012 Softcover New edition. 366 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

Singapore: NUS Press, Date: 2012. Fourth edition. Paperback. New. New. When it comes to racial conflict in Malaysia, most people immediately think of 13th May 1989 forgetting the far more serious series of racial clashes and killings that took place between Chinese and Malays in the immediate aftermath of the World War II. Politicians have tried to forget about it, but Cheah argues not only that the period is still relevant to understanding Malaysian race issues today, but also shows how the racial strife prevented Malayans being able to seize power from the colonialists as happened in Indonesia and Vietnam at the same time. 375 pages including appendices, notes, a bibliography and an index. There are also tables, figures and some black and white plates. The Book is Divided into two parts - I - The Roots of the Conflict & II - The Contest for Postwar Malaya, 1945-6. Weight 0.70 Kg. . Postage within Malaysia is free 2012. NUS Press ISBN 9971695081 9789971695088 [MY]