6. The Coming of the Indians to Malaysia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables ix
4. List of Figures xvii
5. Preface xix
6. Preface to the First Reprint Edition xxiii
7. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
8. 1. A Community in Transition: Indians in Negara Brunei Darussalam 1
9. INDOCHINA
10. 2. Indians in Indochina 31
11. INDONESIA
12. 3. Indians in North Sumatra 46
13. 4. Indians in Jakarta 98
14. 5. INDIANS IN INDONESIA 131
15. MALAYSIA
16. 6. The Coming of the Indians to Malaysia 151
17. 7. Malaysian Indians: The Formation of Incipient Society 190
18. 8. Political Marginalization in Malaysia 211
19. 9. The Contemporary Indian Political Elite in Malaysia 237
20. 10. Malay Attitudes towards Indians 266
21. 11. Plantation Capital and Indian Labour in Colonial Malaya 288
22. 12. Socio-Economic Transformation of Malaysian Indian Plantation Workers 314
23. 13. Indians in the Public Sector in Malaysia 334
24. 14. ETHNIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISTRIBUTION 367
25. 15. Economic Problems and Challenges Facing the Indian Community in Malaysia 388
26. 16. THE INDIAN POOR IN MALAYSIA Problems and Solutions 405
27. 17. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CORRELATES OF FERTILITY 438
28. 18. The Plantation School As an Agent of Social Reproduction 465
29. 19. INDIAN SQUAI.IER SEITILERS 484
30. 20. Urban Working-Class Indians in Malaysia 504
31. 21. Religion and Ethnicity among the Indian Muslims of Malaysia 513
32. 22. Social Change and Group Identity among the Sri Lankan Tamils 541
33. 23. S IN MALAYSIA 558
34. 24. Indians in East Malaysia 568
35. MYANMAR (BURMA)
36. 25. Some Aspects of Indians in Rangoon 585
37. 26. INDIANS IN BURMA 624
38. 27. The Legal Status of Indians in Contemporary Bunna 666
39. 28. JAIRAMPUR 683
40. PHILIPPINES
41. 29. The Indian Community in the Philippines 707
42. 30. Indian Immigration and Settlement in Singapore 774
43. 31. Indians in Singapore Society 788
44. 32. Spouse Selection Patterns in the Singapore Indian Community 810
45. 33. Hinduism in Contemporary Singapore 826
46. 34. RELIGIOUS FERVOUR AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS 847
47. 35. THE INDIAN POPULATION OF SINGAPORE 866
48. THAILAND
49. 36. Indians in Thailand 910
50. INDIAN COMMUNITIES IN BANGKOK 950
51. Epilogue 977
52. Contributors 981
53. Index 989