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Author : Arkib Negara Malaysia
Release : 2005
Genre : Malaya
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Book Synopsis Reminiscences of the Straits Settlements Through Postcards by : Arkib Negara Malaysia
Download or read book Reminiscences of the Straits Settlements Through Postcards written by Arkib Negara Malaysia. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jin Seng Cheah
Release : 2013-02
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Rating : 710/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Penang 500 Early Postcards by : Jin Seng Cheah
Download or read book Penang 500 Early Postcards written by Jin Seng Cheah. This book was released on 2013-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the late 19th century, Penang had become a thriving port trading in rubber, spices and tin. Its prosperity attracted immigrants from around the world and the island was a rich melting pot of Chinese, Indians, Malays, Europeans and many other peoples. The postcards reproduced in this book are drawn from the huge collection of Penang-born Professor Cheah Jin Seng, the author of Singapore: 500 Early Postcards, Malaya: 500 Early Postcards, Perak: 300 Early Postcards and Selangor: 300 Early Postcards.This title in the Early Postcards series will present a diverse array of picture postcards of Penang -- including of its capital George Town, now a World Heritage site -- from the 1890s to the 1970s.
Author : John MacDonald MacKenzie
Release : 2022-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 784/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of the British Empire by : John MacDonald MacKenzie
Download or read book A Cultural History of the British Empire written by John MacDonald MacKenzie. This book was released on 2022-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world As the British Empire expanded across the globe, it exported more than troops and goods. In every colony, imperial delegates dispersed British cultural forms. Facilitated by the rapid growth of print, photography, film, and radio, imperialists imagined this new global culture would cement the unity of the empire. But this remarkably wide-ranging spread of ideas had unintended and surprising results. In this groundbreaking history, John M. MacKenzie examines the importance of culture in British imperialism. MacKenzie describes how colonized peoples were quick to observe British culture--and adapted elements to their own ends, subverting British expectations and eventually beating them at their own game. As indigenous communities integrated their own cultures with the British imports, the empire itself was increasingly undermined. From the extraordinary spread of cricket and horse racing to statues and ceremonies, MacKenzie presents an engaging imperial history--one with profound implications for global culture in the present day.
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Release : 2009
Genre : Archival materials
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Book Synopsis Power of Collective Memories and Evidence by :
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Author : Arunima Datta
Release : 2021-09-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 364/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fleeting Agencies by : Arunima Datta
Download or read book Fleeting Agencies written by Arunima Datta. This book was released on 2021-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeting Agencies disrupts the male-dominated narratives by focusing on gendered patterns of migration and showing how South Asian women labour migrants engaged with the process of migration, interacted with other migrants and negotiated colonial laws. This is the first study of Indian coolie women in British Malaya to date. In exploring the politicization of labour migration trends and gender relations in the colonial plantation society in British Malaya, the author foregrounds how the migrant Indian 'coolie' women manipulated colonial legal and administrative perceptions of Indian women; their gender-prescriptive roles, relations within patriarchal marriage institutions, and even the emerging Indian national independence movement in India and Malaya. All this, to ensure their survival, escape from unfavourable relations and situations, and improve their lives. The book also introduces the concept of situational or fleeting agency, which contributes to further a nuanced understanding of agency in the lives of Indian coolie women.
