Title Malaysia : the making of a nation / Cheah Boon Kheng

Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	320.5409595 Che/Mtm		AVAILABLE
MELB	320.5409595 Che/Mtm		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 264 pages ; 23 cm Series History of nation-building series ; 1 History of nation-building series ; 1 Summary Focuses on Malaysia's four Prime Ministers as nation-builders, observing that each one of them when he became Prime Minister was transformed from being the head of the Malay party, UMNO, to that of the leader of a multi-ethnic nation. Each began his political career as an exclusivist Malay nationalist but became an inclusivist Analysis Malaysia Nationalism Political conditions National identity Ethnic relations Economic policy Islamic fundamentalism History, 1946-1999 History, 2000-2009 Overseas item Nation building Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 249-255 Notes Electronic version is available via ISEAS Subject Prime ministers -- Malaysia -- History. Cultural pluralism -- Malaysia. Nation-building. Nation-state. Communalism -- Malaysia. Nationalism -- Malaysia. SUBJECT Malaysia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115795 Malaysia -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115802 Malaysia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115796 Author Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. LC no. 2002364307 ISBN 9812301755 9812301542

Other Titles Making of a nation

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