Book 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.
The Malays
is a comprehensive examination of the origins and development of Malay
identity, ethnicity, and consciousness over the past five centuries.
- Covers the political, economic, and cultural development of the
Malays
- Explores the Malay presence in Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia,
Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa, as well as the
modern Malay show-state of Malaysia
- Offers diplomatic speculation about ways Malay ethnicity will
develop and be challenged in the future
Anthony Milner
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
The
Invention of Politics in Colonial Malaya
(1995, 2002), and
Kerajaan: Malay Political Culture on the Eve of
Colonial Rule
(1982). He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in
Australia.
