Download or read book Utara Semenanjung Malaysia written by Abu Talib Ahmad and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on social life and customs in northern Malaysia.

Download or read book Malaysia and the Cold War Era written by Ooi Keat Gin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there was a great deal of turmoil, tension and violence in what became Malaysia as a result of the 1963 Federation; upheavals included the Malayan Emergency of 1948・1960, the independence of Malaya in 1957, Konfrontasi with Indonesia of 1963・1966, the Philippines’ claim to Sabah, the Sarawak Communist Insurgency (1962・1990) and the Second Malayan Emergency of 1968・1989. This book breaks new ground in arguing for a longer trajectory of the Cold War, tracing this phenomenon back to 1920s’ colonial Malaya and Sarawak. Many new research findings showing how Malaysia coped with and overcame the many trials, challenges and difficulties are presented here, further enriching the historiography.

Download or read book Warisan wilayah utara Semenanjung Malaysia written by Keat Gin Ooi and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on civilization in the northern region of Malaysia Peninsular.

Download or read book Contemporary Issues and Development in the Global Halal Industry written by Siti Khadijah Ab. Manan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features more than 50 papers presented at the International Halal Conference 2014, which was held in Istanbul and organised by the Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies of Universiti Teknologi MARA. It addresses the challenges facing Muslims involved in halal industries in meeting the increasing global demand. The papers cover topics such as halal food, halal pharmaceuticals, halal cosmetics and personal care, halal logistics, halal testing and analysis and ethics in the halal industry. Overall, the volume offers a comprehensive point of view on Islamic principles relating to the halal business, industry, culture, food, safety, finance and other aspects of life. The contributors include experts from various disciplines who apply a variety of scientific research methodologies. They present perspectives that range from the experimental to the philosophical. This volume will appeal to scholars at all levels of qualification and experience who seek a clearer understanding of important issues in the halal industry.

Download or read book Oral History in Southeast Asia written by Patricia Pui Huen Lim and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oral History is a means of recording the past, through interviews. There has been much oral history activity in Southeast Asia since the 1960s at both the institutional and individual levels. This volume contains a range of papers dealing with the theoretical, methodological and practical issues in oral history and the unique problems of their application in the Southeast Asian context. The authors include both academics and practitioners who bring with them a wealth of expertise and experience in anthropology, history, sociology, publishing and archives administration.

Download or read book Deconstructing History written by Alun Munslow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Munslow examines history in the postmodern age. He provides an introduction to the debates and issues of postmodernist history. He also surveys the latest research into the relationship between the past, history and historical practice.

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Download or read book The Ethnic Chinese in East and Southeast Asia written by Qinghuang Yan and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of the Four Little Dragons -- Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore - in East and Southeast Asia, has drawn the attention to the Ethnic Chinese who constituted the majority of the population of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. How far have the Ethnic Chinese contributed to the rapid economic growth in the region? What account for the dynamics of the Ethnic Chinese societies? What would be the future role of the Ethnic Chinese in the economic growth of the region, especially in relation to China. This books sheds some lights on these topics. This book is a collection of 8 published and 4 unpublished articles written in a period of 8 years between 1993 and 2000. Part 1 examines some important aspects of Ethnic Chinese business. Part 2 deals with the culture, education and politics of the Ethnic Chinese society.

Download or read book The Peasant Robbers of Kedah 1900 1929 written by Boon Kheng Cheah and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this account of peasant banditry and the Malaysian society in which it flourished, the author draws on colonial, literary, and oral sources to present a social history of rural Kedah, particularly the factors that produced rural crime and the extent to which the bandit heroes symbolized rural protest.

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Download or read book Oral History and Digital Humanities written by Douglas A. Boyd and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digital oral history, distilling the insights of pioneers in the field and applying them to the constantly changing electronic landscape of today.

Download or read book New Perspectives and Research on Malaysian History written by Boon Kheng Cheah and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the current research interests, methods, thingking and trend in Malaysian historical writing.The individual essays focus not only on new historical sources and methodologies, but also on debates between different schools of Malaysian histrorians on conceptual issues and on ways to reconstruct the Malaysian past. For a long time the primary object of Malaysian historical studies has been the nation-state, but some of the historians in this volume now argue that local history, social history, economic history and the role of women, minorities anad marginalized groups like trishaw riders are equally important concerns within Malaysia's socially diverse and multi-ethnic society. The essays also discuss challenges Malaysian historians face from new movements like post-modernism in representing historical truth and objectivity.

Download or read book Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque written by Fanny Parkes Parlby and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Fanny Parkes' account of her travels in India provides valuable insight into middle-class British women's views on Indian life. It includes descriptions of the Zenana and Indian domestic life--subjects that are often omitted from male-authored travel texts.

Download or read book Interpreting Folklore written by Alan Dundes and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1980-08-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." —Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." —Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture.

Download or read book Folklore Matters written by Alan Dundes and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '. . . not a large book, but that makes all the more admirable the way the more admirable the way the author succeeds in doing justice to so many of the most important subjects in folkloristics. This book is a key work, and should be made compulsory reading in every university in which folkloristics is studied.'-Jon Hnefill Aoalsteinsson, Asian Folklore Studies

Download or read book History Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives written by O. W. Wolters and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of this classic study of mandala Southeast Asia. The revised book includes a substantial, retrospective postscript examining contemporary scholarship that has contributed to the understanding of Southeast Asian history since 1982.

Download or read book Meaning of Folklore written by Alan Dundes and published by Utah State University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays of Alan Dundes virtually created the meaning of folklore as an American academic discipline. Yet many of them went quickly out of print after their initial publication in far-flung journals. Brought together for the first time in this volume compiled and edited by Simon Bronner, the selection surveys Dundes's major ideas and emphases, and is introduced by Bronner with a thorough analysis of Dundes's long career, his interpretations, and his inestimable contribution to folklore studies. Runner-up, the Wayland Hand Award for Folklore and History, 2009