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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction to First Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
1. Malaysia and its Indigenous People
Monsoon Asia
At the Crossroads;
Dense Rain Forests, Mountains and Plains
Inter-archipelago Migration
Kampung Culture;
Islam and Malay Values
2. Indian Influence and Early Empires
Hindu Culture and Royalty
Language, Literature and Legends
Pattern of Indianization
Funan – the First Traders;
Champa and Trade on the Eastern Coast;
Srivijaya and Trade in the Straits
Melaka Empire
The Melaka Entrepôt;
The Coming of Islam; Decline of Empire
3. West Meets East in the Archipelago
For Gold, Glory and God
Portuguese Take Melaka
Rise of Aceh
Johor and the Royal Family
Dutch Challenge Portuguese Trade
Bugis Dominate in the Eighteenth Century
The Bugis-Dutch Conflict
4. Britain Takes Control of the Crossroads
Renewed Interest in Asia
Founding of Penang
Melaka Becomes a British Settlement
Raffles and Singapore
William Farquhar
Anglo Dutch Treaty of 1824
5. Singapore in the Nineteenth Century
Free Trade and Prosperity
Singapore’s Immigrant Population
Government and Social Conditions
Sin City;
War on Piracy
A Crown Colony
Social Stability;
Malays in Singapore
6. The Malay Peninsula until 1874
“Non-intervention” in Malay Affairs
Kedah’s Struggle with Siam;
Johor and the Puppet Prince;
Pahang’s Civil War
Tin Mining and Chinese Immigration
Civil War in Selangor;
Turf Wars in Perak
Treaty of Pangkor
7. British Intervention
State-by-State Intervention
Negri Sembilan;
Pahang and Johor
The Residential System
Trouble in Perak;
Pahang Chieftains Resist the British;
Compromise and Stability
Federated Malay States
Kuala Lumpur, the Capital
Unfederated Malay States
Informal Ties with Johor
8. The British in Borneo
Brunei Sultanate
Sarawak and Brooke
White Raja of Sarawak;
Benevolent Rule
Charles Brooke
British North Borneo
9. Impact of British Rule on Malaya
The Rubber Boom
Modern Administration
A Multiracial Society;
The Indians
Health Care and Education
Legacy of British Rule
10. Impact of British Rule on the Malays
11. Singapore: A Global Trader
Trading and Financial Center
Stevenson Plan;
Regional Hub
Strategic Defense Center
The People of Singapore
Mothers of Singapore;
Malays in Politics; Pre-war Politics
Colonial “Society”
12. World War II and British Malaya
The Rise of Japan
Fall of Malaya
The Occupation
Malayan Resistance
Impact of the War
13. Malaya after the War
Malay Political Unity
Post-war Malay Community;
Federation of Malaya
The Emergency and the Communist Threat
Carrot-and-Stick Solutions
Toward Independence
Creation of the Alliance Party;
Democratic Federal Elections;
The Constitution and the “Deal”
14. Singapore: The Road to Self-Rule
Post-war Politics
Political Unrest
Post-war Malay Community
Self-Government
David Marshall and the Labor Front;
Lim Yew Hock
Rise of the People’s Action Party
15. Malayans Take Control
Malaya from 1957
The Alliance Government;
National Development
Singapore from 1959
Building the Economy;
Urban Development;
Merger with Malaya;
Battle for the PAP
Borneo in the Twentieth Century
North Borneo;
The Malaysia Proposal
Federation of Malaysia
Regional Opposition to Malaysia;
PAP’s Entry into Malaysian Politics
16. Malaysia 1965-1990
Status Quo Challenged
Race Riots and Emergency Rule
New Economic Policy
National Ideology;
Malay Business Ventures; Consequences of the NEP
Borneo Politics
Sabah;
Sarawak
Barisan Nasional, PAS and the DAP
Malaysian Democracy
Mahathir in Power
Royal Power;
Judicial Power
Impact of the New Economic Policy
Social Changes
17. Independent Singapore
Stability and Purpose
One Party, One Voice
Search for a Common Identity
Malays in the 1960s and Early 1970s;
Regional Relations;
ASEAN;
A Case Study: Population Problems;
A Crisis of Identity?;
The Michael Fay Caning;
Western Influence;
The Search for Core Values
New Political Directions
A New Generation of Leaders
18. Twenty-first Century Malaysia
Malaysia’s Changing Population
Are Minorities Marginalized?;
Creation of an Indian Underclass?
Asian Economic Crisis
UMNO Reacts;
The “New Malay Dilemma”;
Islam and Social Change;
Malay Internal Divisions;
The Emergence of Barisan Alternatif;
The 2004 Elections;
The 2008 Elections and the Return of Anwar
The Road Forward
19. Twenty-first Century Singapore
New Directions
Consultative Government
Population – The Third Wave of Immigrants
Unequal Growth
Culture in the Twenty-first Century
Swinging Singapore
Terrorism and Regional Threats
Closer Ties with the United States
Global Initiatives
Friends after the Divorce?
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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