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Leonaur Ltd Up Among the Pandies: Experiences of a British Officer on Campaign During the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema
Book SynopsisKenji Mizoguchi is one of the three acclaimed masters - together with Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa - of Japanese cinema. Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema is the definitive guide to the life and work of one of the greatest film-makers of the twentieth century.Born at the end of the nineteenth century into a wealthy family, Mizoguchi's early life influenced the themes he would take up in his work. His father's ambitious business ventures failed and the family fell into poverty. His mother died and his elder sister was obliged to enter a geisha house to support the family. Her earnings paid for Mizoguchi's education. Weak and deluded men and strong, self-sacrificing women - these were to become the obsessive motifs of Mizoguchi's films.Mizoguchi's apprenticeship in cinema was peculiarly Japanese. His concerns - the role of women and the realist representation of the inequities of Japanese society - were not. Through two World Wars, Japan's culture changed. Though censored, Mizoguchi continued to produce films. It was only in the 1950s that Mizoguchi's astonishing cinematic vision became widely known outside Japan.Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema tells the full story of this famously perfectionist, even tyrannical, director. Mizoguchi's key films, cinematographic techniques and his social and aesthetic concerns are all discussed and set in the context of Japan's changing popular and political culture.Trade Review'Kenji Mizoguchi was unquestionably one of the very greatest of all film-makers and now at last there is a book in English from a distinguished Japanese critic that tells us why. Few in the West have seen so many Mizoguchi films as Tadao Sato, nor studied them so deeply and with such sympathy. This is an invaluable book about a genius of the cinema.' Derek Malcolm, Honorary President of the International Federation of Film CriticsREVIEWS OF MIZOGUCHI'S WORK 'One of the 20th century's greatest filmmakers'New York Times'On equal terms with Eisenstein, Griffith and Renoir'Jean-Luc Godard'The Japanese director I admire the most'Akira Kurosawa'No praise is too high for him'Orson Welles'He is capable of going beyond the limitations of coherent logic, and conveying the deep complexity and truth of the impalpable connections and hidden phenomena of life'Andrei Tarkovsky'The greatest of all cineastes'Cahiers du Cinema'When the name Kenji Mizoguchi is intoTable of Contents1. An Original Spirit 2. Encountering the New Theatre 3. From New Theatre to Naturalism-Realism 4. Social Realism -The Time of Leftist Films - Metropolitan Symphony 5. The Fate of Matinee Idols 6. Man Imitates Art in Life 7. The Three Traditional Art (Geidomono) Films 8. A Difficult Woman 9. Recreating the Classics 10. The Last Works 11. The Dialectic of Camera and Performance 12. Looking Up, Looking Down 13. Yoda Yoshikata Chronology of Life and Work
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Azerbaijan: A Political History
Book SynopsisAzerbaijan's Soviet and post-Soviet political history has been tumultuous and varied, particularly with regard to the struggle for independence, democracy and sovereignty. Suha Bolukbasi here illustrates how post-Stalin resilience, the tolerance shown toward subtle nationalist expression and Gorbachev's relaxation of central control from Moscow were all-in-part responsible for the initial emergence of a more liberal atmosphere in Azerbaijan. As a result, issues such as Moscow's responsibility for environmental degradation, the depletion of Azerbaijan's oil, and unfavourable terms of trade have all begun to be freely discussed. However, the Azerbaijan-Armenia dispute over Karabagh has had a dramatic impact on the political discourse. The dispute has become not only an international conflict, but one which involves the lives of more than one million refugees. This book shows how Azerbaijan's recent political history - both domestic and international - has influenced the development of the country and the history of the surrounding region.Table of ContentsList of plates List of abbreviations and terms Note on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1: Pre-Soviet Era and Sovietization Chapter 2: Azerbaijan during the Soviet Era Chapter 3: Armenia Claims Mountainous Karabagh Chapter 4: Inter-Communal Fighting and Ethnic Cleansing Chapter 5: Black January and After Chapter 6: Baku courts Moscow while the ANM comes to Power in Yerevan Chapter 7: The Road to Independence Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Well-protected Domains: Ideology and the Legitimation of Power in the Ottoman Empire 1876-1909
Book SynopsisThe Ottoman Empire was the only great European Muslim power and was at one time the most serious threat to European Christendom. Yet, by the turn of the nineteenth century, it was a crumbling power that, paradoxically, retained a strong military force. The Well-Protected Domains examines this anomaly, showing how the late Ottoman state grappled with the challenges of the modernity then changing the world. Selim Deringil traces the Ottoman state's pursuit of egitimation in many spheres of public life: state ceremonial, the iconography of buildings, the honours system, the language of the chancery, the proto- nationalist reformulation of Islamic legal practices, the efforts to inculcate the idea of 'Ottoman citizenry' through an expanded education system and the efforts of the Ottoman elite to present a 'civilized' image abroad. Based on unexplored sources in the Ottoman archives, The Well-Protected Domains brings to life the Hamidian period and provides readers with a unique view of the workings of the late Ottoman Empire.Trade Review'Selim Deringil's study of the Ottoman Empire's view of itself during its final half century gave me unalloyed pleasure. Elegantly written and impeccably researched ... {it} stands head and shoulders above anything I have seen in recent years on contemporary Turkey.' - David Barchard, CornucopiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Map Introduction ‘Long Live the Sultan!’: Symbolism and Power in the Hamidian Regime The Ottomanization of the Seriat ‘To Enjoin the Good and to Forbid Evil’: Conversion and Ideological Reinforcement Education: the Answer to all Evil? ‘They Confuse and Excite Minds’: The Missionary Problem. Ottoman Image Management and Damage Control The Ottoman ‘Self Portrait’ Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Oneworld Publications The Heritage of Sufism: Late Classical Persianate Sufism (1501-1750) v. 3
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianate culture in Iran, Central Asia and IndiaTrade Review‘This remarkable trilogy is likely to remain the definitive work in the field for many years.’ * Expository Times *Table of Contents1. Introduction 3 II. Persianate Sufism in Historical Perspective 19 III. Sufism and Society in Safavid Persia 63 IV. Sufism and Ishraqi and Aknarian philosophy 225 V. Esoteric Movements and Contemplative Disciplines 275 VI. Persianate Sufism in India, Central Asia and China 361 VII. Persianate Sufi Poetry in Iran and India 417
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Oneworld Publications No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan
Book SynopsisThe war in Afghanistan is over ten years old. It has cost countless lives and hundreds of billions of pounds. Politicians talk of progress, but the violence is worse than ever. In this powerful and shocking exposé from the front lines in Helmand province, leading journalist and documentary-maker Ben Anderson (HBO, Panorama, and Dispatches) shows just how bad it has got. Detailing battles that last for days, only to be fought again weeks later, Anderson witnesses IED explosions and sniper fire, amid disturbing incompetence and corruption among the Afghan army and police. Also revealing the daily struggle to win over the long-suffering local population, who often express open support for the Taliban, No Worse Enemy is a heartbreaking insight into the chaos at the heart of the region. Raising urgent questions about our supposed achievements and the politicians’ desire for a hasty exit, Anderson highlights the vast gulf that exists between what we are told and what is actually happening on the ground. A product of five years’ unrivalled access to UK forces and US Marines, this is the most intimate and horrifying account of the Afghan war ever published.Trade ReviewEssential reading * The Bookseller *Similar to Michael Herr's high-octane Vietnam War classic, Dispatches, Anderson delivers a gritty, brutal, realistic account of British and American troops on the Afghan frontlines in a bitter counterpoint to all the policy concessions and peace chatter. * Publishers Weekly *"Unusually courageous… With humor, compassion and a fine eye for detail, Anderson meticulously pieces together each scene with the skill of a good choreographer… [This is] an engrossing blow-by-blow account of the nuts and bolts of modern warfare." * Kirkus Reviews *Anderson's book makes a vivid contribution to the record of the conflict, and left me gasping at his courage. * Max Hastings for The Sunday Times *"An essential if unsettling synopsis that brutally strips away any pretence that this is a just or even necessary conflict ... Highly recommended for those with even a passing interest in what is being done in our name in far-off Afghanistan." * Military History Monthly *‘[A] brilliantly observed but troubling memoir… [an] outstanding book.’ * Daily Mail *"Wonderful… offers real insight into the war." * The Sun *Gripping. * Warfare Magazine *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion
Book SynopsisIn 1974 the Greek colonels ousted the Greek-Cypriot leader of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, and Turkey retaliated by invading and seizing a third of the island. Cyprus remains split in two, like Berlin before the wall came down, bristling with troops and spying bases, and permanently policed by the United Nations. Henry Kissinger claimed he could do nothing to stop the coup because of the Watergate crisis, but this book presents evidence to support the view that it was no failure of American foreign policy, but the realization of a long-term plot. The authors describe the strategic reasons for Washington's need to divide the island. Their account encompasses an international cast of characters that includes Eden, Eisenhower, Nixon, Kissinger, Wilson, Callaghan, Grivas, and the leaders of the two halves of the divided island, Clerides and Denktas.Trade Review"The Cyprus Conspiracy delivers new and damning detail on how the big powers (including good old "ethical" Britain) taught Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots not to live together." -Boyd Tonkin, The Guardian "O'Malley and Craig show how powerful and penetrating journalism can be by producing a book of high quality and academic value. This book fills a gap in the literature about Cyprus and the Cyprus problem, and will also be of interest to those working on the eastern Mediterranean, and on US and British foreign policy in the region." -Mediterranean Politics "A marvellous new book ... It is a fascinating story of international intrigue, espionage and intelligence, brilliantly and graphically told and it will open a lot of eyes of people who, until now, had no inkling - until today - about the real and intriguing reason behind the partition of Cyprus." -Chris Moncrieff, The House "This well written and well researched account of events provides the understanding of the situation and the causes, which led to the escalation of the crisis in 1974." -Konstantinos Kotzias, Contemporary Review "With diligent research and fluency, they chart the labyrinth behind what they conclude was an international plot." -Belfast Telegraph 'The book should be of value to those interested in coming to a deeper understanding of the complex issues surrounding Cyprus.' -Intelligence and National SecurityTable of ContentsStrategic prize - Britain's vital military base; the enemy within - the rise of the Enosis campaign; the secret alliance -Eden stokes Turkish violence; military crackdown - Harding gets tough; hamstrung at Suez - Grivas sabotages military preparations; Macmillan's pact - Eisenhower deal frees Makarios; sounding the retreat - NATO allowed to mediate; North Atlantic agenda -Eisenhower rejects the Macmillan plan; pax americana - the settlement secures NATO ties; a sham independence - the unsinkable aircraft-carrier; constitutional collapse - the bloodbath begins; America's secret option - a limited invasion; a crude partition -the British defend Turkish enclaves; the NATO plot - plans to split Cyprus; fallen allies - Grivas risks war; the "red priest" -assassination target; crisis of trust - spying bases at risk; the invisible hand - the Greek colonels oust Makarios; searching questions - Kissinger and Callaghan are cross-examined; warnings of a coup - the CIA knew in advance; Washington stalls - Britain sends a task force; America's veto - Kissinger blocks military deterrent; the Turkish landing - Britain on the brink of war; a creeping invasion - talks at Geneva; the road to war - Kissinger over-rules Callaghan; to the Attila Line - US pressure contains the advances; sabotaged by Congress - the bitter legacy lives on; appendix - interview with Henry Kissinger.
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Trans Pacific Press Commodifying Marxism Volume 3: The Formation of Modern Thai Radical Culture, 1927-1958
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Brick Tower Press Blood & Bushido: Japanese Attrocities at Sea 1941-1945
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Sema Institute Egypt and India: Ancient Egyptian Religion and The Origins of Hinduism, Vedanta, Yoga, Buddhism and Dharma of India
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Orphans Of The Cold War: America And The Tibetan Struggle For Survival
Book SynopsisFor decades, the United States ran covert operations into Tibet in an attempt to help Tibetan exiles take back their country from the Chinese. These operations have never been disclosed-until now.
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Floating World Editions The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature
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Brill The Power of Memory in Modern Japan
Book SynopsisDue to their symbolic and iconographic meanings, expressions of ‘collective memory’ constitute the mental topography of a society and make a powerful contribution to its cultural, political and social identity. In Japan, the subject of ‘memory’ has prompted a huge response in recent years. Indeed, it has been and continues to be debated at many levels of Japan’s political, social, economic and cultural life. For the historian and social scientist the opportunity to access recorded memories is invariably welcomed as a valuable building block in research and a determinant in establishing balance and perspective. This volume brings together a selection of the most significant research on memory relating to modern Japan. Thematically structured (Politics and International Relations; Memorials, Museums, National Heroes; Popular and Intellectual Representations of Memory; Realms of Memory: Centre and Periphery) the subjects treated include the Nanjing massacre, comfort women, the fate of war monuments, the political use of national memory in post-war Japan and remembering the atomic bomb.Table of ContentsList of contributors; Note on transliteration; 1 The realms of memory: Japan and beyond; PART 1: Memory in politics and international relations; 2 For the nation or for the people? History and memory of the Nanjing Massacre in Japan; 3 Japan's 'Comfort Women' and historical memory: The neo-nationalist counter-attack; 4 Tokko Zaidan: A case study of institutional war memorialization; 5 Remembering the War Crimes Trial: The Tokyo Trial view of history; 6 Historical memory and Shiba Ryotaro: Remembering Russia, creating Japan; 7 Developing memories: Alumni newsletters in Japanese development assistance; PART 2: Institutions of memory: Memorials, museums, national heroes; 8 Remodelling public space: The fate of war monuments, 1945-48; 9 The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and its exhibition; 10 A usable past? Historical museums of the Self-Defence Forces and the construction of continuities; 11 The new image of childhood in Japan during the years 1945-49 and the construction of a Japanese collective memory; 12 Sato Eisaku, Yasuoka Masahiro and the re-establishment of 11 February as National Day: The political use of national memory in post-war Japan; 13 How did Saigo Takamori become a national hewro after his death? The political uses of Saigo's figure and the interpretation of seikanron; PART 3: Popular and intellectual representations of memory; 14 Literary memories of the Pacific War - fiction or non-fiction? Some criteria for further research on Japanese war literature; 15 The Nokorimono mode: Remembering the atomic bomb in The Diary of Moriwaki Yoko; 16 Becoming insects: Imamura Shohei and the entomology of modernity; 17 Memories of a liberal, liberalization of memory: Tsuda Sokichi and a few things he forgot to mention; PART 4: Realms of memory - centre and periphery; 18 New dimensions in Sino-Japanese relations and the memory of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-95; 19 Development for preservation: Localizing collective memory in 1960s Kanazawa; 20 The remembrance of the 1871 Nakano Uprising in Takayama Village as a contemporary trauma in village life today; 21 History and the construction of collective memory: Positivist historiography in the age of the Imperial Rescript on Education; Index
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Checkpoint Press From Creation to Unification: The Complete Histories Behind the Ch'ang Hon (Itf) Patterns
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Praxis Press Storming the Heavens
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Books Express Publishing Close-Up of the Jap Fighting Man
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English Rose Publishing 47 Ronin
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English Rose Publishing 47 Ronin
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Gomidas Institute International Colony Kurdistan
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Aziloth Books Bushido, the Soul of Japan: With 13 Full-Page Colour Illustrations from the Time of the Samurai
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HP HAMILTON LIMITED Banaras: Sacred & Profane In Religiosity
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Leonaur Ltd On Active Service with the Chinese Regiment: The British Weihaiwei Regiment During the Boxer Rebellion, 1900
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MAPublisher Bangladeshis in Manchester
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp A Book That Was Rejected
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LingLing Mandarin The Art of War for Language Learners
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Faith Unity Books Injustices in Central and West Asia
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Binod Charitra Perspectives of British colonial rule in the Fiji Islands
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UK Publishing House Ltd When The Time Comes
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Trans Pacific Press Japan and Bengal: Exchange and Encounter (1893-1938)
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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press A Maritime History of East Asia
Book SynopsisThis book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of a region from the perspective of the interactions that occurred on and were facilitated by the sea. It is divided into three parts that each focus on a different hundred-year period between 1250 and 1800. The chapters in each part examine the people, goods, and information that flowed across the seas of the East Asian maritime world, facilitating cultural exchange and hybridity. The intricate and often fraught relations between China, Japan, and Korea feature throughout, as well as those between these polities and the waves of outsiders that sought to trade with them and to conquer them. Regional diplomacy, ship-building technology, weaponry, Wokou pirate bands, the fates of castaways, and the development of international trade networks are just some of the topics that paint a vivid picture of the interconnected world of the East Asian maritime region during this period.Table of Contents Figures Tables Photographs Editors’ Biographies Contributors to the English version Acknowledgements Preface to the English Edition Prologue Part 1: The Open Sea, from 1250 to 1350 1.1 General Overview 1.2 The Background to Maritime Interaction and Its Agents 1.3 Increased Openness: Maritime Merchants Expand Maritime Interactions 1.4 What Conflicts with the Mongols Wrought: Isolationism Within Openness 1.5 Traffic in Goods and Technology: Expanding the Field of Interaction and Mutual Exchange Part 2: Competing for the Sea, from 1500 to 1600 2.1 General Overview 2.2 The Age of the Wokou: Transformations in the Structure of East Asian Trade 2.3 The Age of Maritime Merchants 2.4 Development of Diverse and Hybrid Cultures Part 3: The Compartmentalized Sea, from 1700 to 1800 3.1 General Overview 3.2 Maritime Merchants and “Compartmentalization” Among Early Modern States 3.3 Compression and Concentration of Interactions and Residences 3.4 Trans-Oceanic Movements of Goods and Information Bibliography Historical Geography Index Name Index Subject Index
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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press The State Construction of 'Japaneseness': The Koseki Registration System in Japan
Book SynopsisFor more than 140 years, Japan's koseki registration system has functioned as the official means by which an individual qualifies as "Japanese". Information concerning each family is entered into one koseki register record in a system that documents the status relationship information of Japan's population based on the notion of "bloodline". Tracing the history of the koseki registration system from its inception in the Meiji era through its use in Japan's colonial holdings in the pre-war era and to the present day, The State Construction of "Japaneseness" challenges the very foundations of the system, arguing that it promotes prejudice and discrimination and fosters a divisive understanding of the "Japanese"as a people. This significant work presents conclusive evidence on how the koseki registration system has used deeply problematic understandings of ethnicity, citizenship and the family to define "the Japanese", excluding and discriminating against those unable to fit into the framework of this highly politicised bureaucratic system.Suntory Culture Award for Social Sciences and Humanities
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Quirin Press Taoism and Chinese Religion
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Red Flag Books The Road to Tiananmen Square
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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Others in Japanese Agriculture: Koreans, Evacuees
Book SynopsisJapan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation. Others in Japanese Agriculture challenges this mythology, revealing the changing faces of Japanese farmers during the colonial and post-war eras. First, it traces the tangled trail of Koreans brought into farming villages as a result of war mobilization and capitalist development. Second, it discusses the plight of those who evacuated from cities as they attempted to eke out a living on marginal land. Third, it points out that settlers repatriated from the colonies were met with hostility from villagers and indifference from authorities. Finally, it explores how those who were encouraged to emigrate for 'the good of the nation' in post-war Japan, found themselves victims of agrarian reforms, which severed their ties. In sum, despite being lauded as the 'backbone of the nation' Japanese farmers have been repeatedly marginalized and othered.Table of Contents Figures Tables Photos Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The ethnic problem in Japan's farming villages 2 Evacuation, return to farming and postwar settlement 3 Farmers' lived experience of borders from Manchuria to postwar settlement 4 Japanese expatriate 'others': Postwar land reform and migration 5 Putting down roots: Postwar administration of overseas agricultural emigration and farmers Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and
Book SynopsisConceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of ""colonial knowledge"" and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent, and for what purpose did the colonized accept, modify, and adapt the colonizer's worldview? To answer these questions, this study examines textbooks produced by British and Malay authors for teaching Malay history and geography to the local populace in teacher training colleges, then conducts a case study of one of these students who would go on to become a prominent nationalist activist. It shows that while the colonizers brought new concepts of Malayness to Malaya, the indigenization of colonial knowledge entailed significant reinterpretation, transformation, and appropriation.Trade ReviewThe strength of this book lies in its meticulous comparative textual analyses of four textbooks as well as the various writings by Ibrahim Haji Yaacob. Every significant key concept from the textbooks was rigorously analysed, thereby qualifying this book as a must-read for every ardent researcher and reader, especially to those specialising in Malay nationalism."" - Kajian Malaysia (Journal of Malaysian Studies)""The book is a welcome and positive contribution in examining the contestations toward colonial rule which existed in the realm of ideas, in the British were almost able to redefine ethnicity in Southeast Asia as they pleased. Monograph like this serve to show that the situation was far more nuanced and complicated than many had hitherto imagined."" - Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic SocietyTable of Contents Tables Photos Abbreviations Maps Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Malay Vernacular Education in British Malaya 3 Knowledge and Experience: The Case of the Sultan Idris Training College 4 The Malay World in Textbooks: The Transmission of Colonial Knowledge 5 Ibrahim Haji Yaacob and Pan-Malayism: The Appropriation of Colonial Knowledge 6 Melayu Raya and Malaysia: Contested Pan-Malayism 7 Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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Soul Care Publishing Forgotten Kingdom
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Gorgias Press History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine: v. 1
Book SynopsisA brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were croweded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet.
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DatASIA, Inc. Cambodian Dancers - Ancient and Modern
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DatASIA, Inc. Cambodian Dancers - Ancient and Modern
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DatASIA, Inc. Congai - Mistress of Indochine
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Sunbury Press, Inc. Fireproof Moth: A Missionary in Taiwan's White Terror
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