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First published in 1967, this landmark work depicting the twentieth-century growth of communal, ethnic, and national feeling among peninsular Malays is of particular relevance in light of recent developments in Malay nationalism. Drawn from primary Malay-language sources, long periods of residence in Malay households, and first-hand interviews, it is required reading for scholars seeking to explain major events in Malay history. A new Preface by the author sets the book in its historical context.
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Preface to the First Edition | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Ch. 1 | The Malays and the British: Initial Impact | 1 |
| Malay Society in the Mid-Nineteenth Century | 1 | |
| The First Effects of British Rule | 11 | |
| Ch. 2 | The Malayo-Muslim World of Singapore | 32 |
| Migration to the Metropolis | 32 | |
| The Arabs and the Pilgrimage to Mecca | 39 | |
| Language, Literature, and the Press | 43 | |
| Ch. 3 | Kaum Muda-Kaum Tua: Innovation and Reaction | 56 |
| Al-Imam and the Reformists | 56 | |
| The Traditional Elite and the Religious Establishment | 67 | |
| Challenge and Response | 75 | |
| The Politicization of Kaum Muda | 87 | |
| Ch. 4 | The Malays and the British: The Middle Years | 91 |
| Problems of Malay Participation in Government | 91 | |
| Kuala Kangsar Malay College and the Creation of an Administrative Elite | 100 | |
| The "Pro-Malay" Policy and the Preservation of Malay Peasant Society | 113 | |
| Ch. 5 | The Growth of an Autochthonous Intelligentsia | 126 |
| Development of Vernacular Education | 127 | |
| Sultan Idris Training College | 142 | |
| The Role of the Vernacular Press | 157 | |
| Ch. 6 | Voluntary Associations and Political Development | 178 |
| Urbanization and Social Change | 178 | |
| Clubs and Societies in the Peninsular States | 184 | |
| The Singapore Malay Union | 188 | |
| Political Controversies and Malay Traditional Leadership in the 1920s | 197 | |
| Ch. 7 | New Elites and National Organizations in the 1930s | 211 |
| The Reformists and the Brotherhood of Pen Friends | 212 | |
| The Radical Intelligentsia and the Young Malay Union | 221 | |
| The Administrators and the Malay Associations | 235 | |
| Retrospect | 248 | |
| Afterword | 257 | |
| Glossary | 263 | |
| Bibliography | 266 | |
| Index | 291 |
Overview
First published in 1967, this landmark work depicting the twentieth-century growth of communal, ethnic, and national feeling among peninsular Malays is of particular relevance in light of recent developments in Malay nationalism. Drawn from primary Malay-language sources, long periods of residence in Malay households, and first-hand interviews, it is required reading for scholars seeking to explain major events in Malay history. A new Preface by the author sets the book in its ...