{"product_id":"the-malays-isbn-9781444339031","title":"The Malays","description":"Just who are ‘the Malays’? This provocative study 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Malays\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive examination of the origins and development of Malay identity, ethnicity, and consciousness over the past five centuries. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the political, economic, and cultural development of the Malays\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the Malay presence in Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, as well as the modern Malay show-state of Malaysia\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers diplomatic speculation about ways Malay ethnicity will develop and be challenged in the future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote about the Author xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Thinking about ‘the Malays’ and ‘Malayness’ 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Early Histories: Engaging India and Islam 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Sultanates 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A ‘Malay’ or \u003ci\u003eKerajaan\u003c\/i\u003e World? 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Experiencing Colonialism, and the Making of the \u003ci\u003eBangsa Melayu 103\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Building ‘Malays’ into Nation States 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Multiple Forms of ‘Malayness’ 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ethnicity, Civilization and the Fear of ‘Disappearing from this World’ 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e  \"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) \u003cb\u003eAnthony Milner\u003c\/b\u003e is Basham Professor of Asian History at the Australian National University, and was Visiting Professor at The Research Institute for the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Tokyo) in 2007. He has also held appointments as Raffles Visiting Professor of History at the National University of Singapore and Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. His writings on 'the Malays' include \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya\u003c\/i\u003e (1995, 2002), and \u003ci\u003eKerajaan: Malay Political Culture on the Eve of Colonial Rule\u003c\/i\u003e (1982). He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.  There is something mercurial about being labeled a 'Malay'. Connotations run the gamut – from Joseph Conrad's mysterious and dangerous pirates to the 'lazy natives' of colonial-era economies. Another early stereotype tagged them as the 'best-mannered' gentlemen of the East. More modern portraits point to the 'New Malays' as entrepreneurs of a modern, triumphant Malaysia, skillful region-builders of ASEAN, and a people divided over the proper role of Islam. Their geographical boundaries aren't much clearer. Often, the Malays are said to consist of groups clustered on the Malay Peninsula and along coasts and rivers of Sumatra and Borneo. Sometimes they are described as a vast race reaching across Indonesia and the Philippines and on to Madagascar.  \u003cp\u003eSo just who are the Malays? This provocative study 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. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Malays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive examination of the origins and development of Malay identity, ethnicity, and consciousness over the past five centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990283206885,"sku":"NP9781444339031","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444339031.jpg?v=1761787194","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-malays-isbn-9781444339031","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}