Royal Professor Ungku A. Aziz: The Renaissance Man
Edition: First edition
Publisher: University of Malaya Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9789831004999
Description: Royal Professor Ungku A. Aziz: The Renaissance Man is an attempt by essentially former colleagues and subordinates to provide a history of a man who has been described as a polymath and a dominant personality in the intellectual and cultural life of Malaysia. Royal Professor Ungku A. Aziz, a reputed world scholar, has had a significant effect, since the decade of the fifties, on the growth and development of Malaysia in general and the University of Malaya in particular.
Notes: "The publication of this book is in celebration of the 88th birthday of Royal Professor Ungku A. Aziz"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English, and some articles in Malay.
Table of contents: title: Ungku A. Aziz, a man for all seasons / Abu Bakar Abd. Hamid & K.T. Joseph; title: Mind of the Malysian scholar / Azizah Hamzah; title: Ungku A. Aziz, the public intellectual and media personality / Hashim Yaacob; title: University of Malaya Press Private limited, its formation, existence and continuity / Abdul Manaf Saad; title: Documenting Royal Professor Ungku A. Aziz, the library perspective / Khoo Siew Mun; title: Ungku A. Aziz and women's rights and social development / Jamilah Ariffin; title: Profesor DiRaja Ungku A. Aziz yang kukenal / Isahak Haron; title: Mengupayakan pelajar Melayu, memartabatkan Bahasa Melayu / Mohd. Mansor Salleh; title: Ungku A. Aziz, pembina Pusat Asasi Sains, Ambang Asuhan Jepun dan Koperasi Kedaibuku Universiti Malaya / Mohd. Said Mohd. Kadis; title: Agriculture and structural transformation of the Malaysian economy / Mokhtar Tamin; title: Koleksi karya Ungku A. Aziz / Perpustakaan Universiti Malaya.