Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. List of Abbreviations xv
5. Note on Transliteration xvii
6. MAP xviii
7. Introduction: A Prism into the Past 1
8. 1. Connected Language Histories 28
9. 2. On Good, Bad, and Ugly Malay 51
10. 3. Printing, Pulp, and Popularity 77
11. 4. Competing Expressions of Modernity 101
12. 5. The Humoristic and the Invective 125
13. Epilogue: An Important Historical Monument 150
14. Appendix 161
15. Notes 177
16. References 207
17. Index 235