7. Ethnic Riots and Other Myths

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. An Emergent Betrayal: Tamils and the Development of Selangor’s Plantations 20
8. 3. Plantation Fragments 39
9. 4. Tapping Memories: Plantations Are Not a Workplace 79
10. 5. Interruptions, Insurrections, Strategies 119
11. 6. The Locus of God’s Power: The Faith of Spirit and Its Incomprehensible Shattering 137
12. 7. Ethnic Riots and Other Myths 161
13. 8. Flats 192
14. 9. The Law’s Betrayal 211
15. 10. Hindraf and the Haunting of Justice 236
16. Notes 277
17. Bibliography 293
18. Index 305