UID:
almahu_9949567982902882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 177 pages).
ISBN:
9781003304319
,
1003304311
,
9781000918205
,
1000918203
,
1000918238
,
9781000918236
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia
Content:
"This book argues that the prevailing view of colonialism - that it was a negative and destructive phenomenon - needs to be rethought. It focuses on the experiences of the South Indian working class, large numbers of which came to Malaya in the early years of the twentieth century, emigrating from socially, economically, and environmentally inhospitable south India. It examines the opportunities which colonialism presented for these people, highlighting also the British approach to colonialism in Malaya, an approach which emphasised conservativism and tradition, and which protected the interests of the Malay aristocrat classes and, by extension, the Malay masses in order to compensate for European economic dominance and the influx of a non-Malay labour force. Overall, the book demonstrates that the South Indians, a class whose identity, social existence, and prospects were inextricably linked to imperial processes, benefitted from colonialism, and should be viewed as an active transnational entity within a constructive system, rather than as passive victims of repressive, destructive forces"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Revisiting colonialism and colonial labour Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9781032283098
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003304319
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003304319
