1. The Malay Peninsula: Early History, Melaka and the Colonial Setting

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viii
4. ABBREVIATIONS x
5. INTRODUCTION xiv
6. 1. The Malay Peninsula: Early History, Melaka and the Colonial Setting 1
7. 2. European Colonialism and the Malay Peninsula 16
8. 3. India and the Development of British Ideologies of Empire 35
9. 4. British Governance of Malaya 46
10. 5. Slavery and Indentured Labour 63
11. 6. Indian Indentured Labour in Malaya 75
12. 7. Kangany Labour in Malaya 103
13. 8. Other Indian Immigration 136
14. 9. Indian Political Development to 1941 149
15. 10. The Japanese Invasion, Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian Wartime Nationalism 176
16. 11. The Post-war Period: Reform and Repression: 1945–48 225
17. 12. From Federation to Merdeka 265
18. 13. From Malaya to Malaysia: Singapore, 13 May and the New Economic Policy 299
19. 14. The Mahathir Years: A Changing Malaysian Landscape 331
20. 15. Abdullah Badawi, Islamization, and the Rise of Hindraf 388
21. 16. Najib and 1Malaysia: A New Deal? 426
22. CONCLUSIONS 450
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 459
24. Index 491