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A Malay Frontier
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Jane Drakard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-31 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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The way in which Malays construe ideas about authority and government is the subject of this book. Focusing upon an often-ignored section of the Malay archipela
Frontiers of Fear
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Peter Boomgaard
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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For centuries, reports of man-eating tigers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have circulated, shrouded in myth and anecdote. This fascinating book document
Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects
Language: en
Pages: 379
Authors: Lynn Hollen Lees
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-12-21 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is an innovative study of how British Colonial rule and society in Malayan towns and plantations transformed immigrants into British subjects.
The Halal Frontier
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: J. Fischer
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-16 - Publisher: Springer

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In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consu
Banishment and Belonging
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Ronit Ricci
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-21 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A ground-breaking exploration of exile and diaspora as they relate to place, language, religious tradition, literature and the imagination.