New perspectives and research on Malaysian history
Subtitle: essays on Malaysian historiography
By: edited by Cheah Boon Kheng.
Contributors: Cheah, Boon Kheng.; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Malaysian Branch.
Series: Monograph -- 41
Publisher: MBRAS
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Kuala Lumpur]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9789679948400
Description: This book deals with the current research interests, methods, thingking and trend in Malaysian historical writing.The individual essays focus not only on new historical sources and methodologies, but also on debates between different schools of Malaysian histrorians on conceptual issues and on ways to reconstruct the Malaysian past. For a long time the primary object of Malaysian historical studies has been the nation-state, but some of the historians in this volume now argue that local history, social history, economic history and the role of women, minorities anad marginalized groups like trishaw riders are equally important concerns within Malaysia's socially diverse and multi-ethnic society. The essays also discuss challenges Malaysian historians face from new movements like post-modernism in representing historical truth and objectivity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Scribes and historians, state museums, and state histories / Abu Talib Ahmad; title: Re-reading adat laws and legal texts as sources of Malay social stability / Abu Talib Ahmad; title: Syair as historical source, the Syair tantangan Singapura, a 19th century text / Badriyah Haji Salleh; title: New theories and challenges in Malaysian history / Cheah Boon Kheng; title: Writing marginalized groups into Malaysian history / Haryati Hassan and Hamidin Abd. Hamid; title: The gerschenkron advantage, new directions for forging ahead in Malaysian economic history / Loh Wei Leng; title: Highlighting Malay women in Malaysian historiography / Mahani Musa; title: Writing on Orang Asli into Malaysian history / Nik Haslinda Nik Hussain; title: Many Malayas, placing Malaysia in a historical context / Paul H. Kratoska; title: Writing the history of the Chinese in Malaysia / Danny Wong Tze Ken.