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Singapore : NUS Press , Date: 2012 . Paperback. New. Society in pre-World War II Malaya was fragmented and the Japanese occupation helped in many ways to exacerbate those divisions. The authors look at how those divisions are remembered today at the individual, community and state level and their effect on all three elements of society. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. 459 pages. Weight 0.9 kg. Post free within Malaysia. 2012. NUS Press ISBN 9971695995 9789971695996 [MY]
ISBN10: 9971695995, ISBN13: 9789971695996, [publisher: NUS Press., Singapore.] Softcover Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 459 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Singapore fell to Japan on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority could do little other than resign themselves to life under Japanese rule. The Occupation would last three and a half years, until the return of the British in September 1945. How is this period remembered? And how have individuals, communities, and states shaped and reshaped memories in the postwar era? The book response to these questions, presenting answers that use the words of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Eurasians, British and Australians who personally experienced the war years. The authors guide readers through many forms of memory: from the soaring pillars of Singapore's Civilian War Memorial, to traditional Chinese cemeteries in Malaysia; and from families left bereft by Japanese massacres, to the young women who flocked to the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Army, dreaming of a march on Delhi. This volume provides a forum for previously marginalized and self-censored voices, using the stories they relate to reflect on the nature of conflict and memory. They also offer ...
Singapore.: NUS Press.. Date: 2012.. Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 459 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Singapore fell to Japan on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority could do little other than resign themselves to life under Japanese rule. The Occupation would last three and a half years, until the return of the British in September 1945. How is this period remembered? And how have individuals, communities, and states shaped and reshaped memories in the postwar era? The book response to these questions, presenting answers that use the words of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Eurasians, British and Australians who personally experienced the war years. The authors guide readers through many forms of memory: from the soaring pillars of Singapore's Civilian War Memorial, to traditional Chinese cemeteries in Malaysia; and from families left bereft by Japanese massacres, to the young women who flocked to the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Army, dreaming of a march on Delhi. This volume provides a forum for previously marginalized and self-censored voices, using the stories they relate to reflect on the nature of conflict and memory. They also offer a deeper understanding of the searing transit from wartime occupat ...
ISBN10: 9971695995, ISBN13: 9789971695996, [publisher: NUS Press., Singapore.] Softcover Maps, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 459 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Singapore fell to Japan on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority could do little other than resign themselves to life under Japanese rule. The Occupation would last three and a half years, until the return of the British in September 1945. How is this period remembered? And how have individuals, communities, and states shaped and reshaped memories in the postwar era? The book response to these questions, presenting answers that use the words of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Eurasians, British and Australians who personally experienced the war years. The authors guide readers through many forms of memory: from the soaring pillars of Singapore's Civilian War Memorial, to traditional Chinese cemeteries in Malaysia; and from families left bereft by Japanese massacres, to the young women who flocked to the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Army, dreaming of a march on Delhi. This volume provides a forum for previously marginalized and self-censored voices, using the stories they relate to reflect on the nature of conflict and memory. They also offer ...
ISBN10: 9971695995, ISBN13: 9789971695996, [publisher: NUS Press] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]
Paperback / softback. New. Singapore fell to Japanese forces on 15 February 1942. Within a matter of days, the occupying army took prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers, and massacred thousands of Chinese civilians. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority of people resigned themselves to life under Japanese rule. ISBN 9971695995 9789971695996 [GB]
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ISBN10: 9971695995, ISBN13: 9789971695996, [publisher: National University of Singapore Press] Softcover [Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]
ISBN10: 9971695995, ISBN13: 9789971695996, [publisher: National University of Singapore Press] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. 1.32 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]
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