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Book SynopsisJust who are the Malays? This provocative study, now available in paperback, poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical 'Malay' context.
Trade Review"The Malays - a volume in Wiley-Blackwell's series ‘The peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific' - is an absorbing read, clearly written not only for those already interested in the cultural dynamics of the island world of Southeast Asia, but also for everyone who is interested in knowing how to successfully fail in defining a particular race, people or ethnicity." (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1 February 2011)
Table of ContentsList of Figures viii
List of Maps ix
Preface and Acknowledgements x
Note about the Author xiv
1 Thinking about ‘the Malays’ and ‘Malayness’ 1
2 Early Histories: Engaging India and Islam 18
3 The Sultanates 47
4 A ‘Malay’ or Kerajaan World? 75
5 Experiencing Colonialism, and the Making of the Bangsa Melayu 103
6 Building ‘Malays’ into Nation States 145
7 Multiple Forms of ‘Malayness’ 186
8 Ethnicity, Civilization and the Fear of ‘Disappearing from this World’ 229
Bibliography 243
Index 275
