Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya AUTH-12550869 ISBN13: 9781915216199

ISBN13: 9781915216199

I can honestly say that I have no idea

Arthur Green

Lois Wright

and how the whole thing did evolve since the 1950s

Conceptualizing the Malay World: Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya AUTH-12550869 ISBN13: 9781915216199Conceptualizing 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