The University Socialist Club and the contest for Malaya : tangled strands of modernity / Kah Seng Loh [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loh, Kah Seng, author.

Series:

IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 7.

IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students--Political activity--Singapore--History.

Students.

Students--Political activity--Malaysia--History.

Singapore--History--1945-1963.

Singapore.

Singapore--Politics and government--1945-1963.

Malaysia--Politics and government--20th century.

Malaysia.

Malaysia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using a wealth of material including interviews, official documents, and student writings, the authors recount the rise of newly independent states in postwar Malaya and Singapore through the engagements of a left-wing group of university student activists. The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya brings to life various contemporary movements, including democratic, Marxist, socialist, ethnicity-based groups which seek to influence postcolonial Malaya, as well as their fluid relationships with one another, at a time when allies became enemies, and vice versa. An original and vital study, this volume delves into the complex mental worlds and historical milieu of political and student activism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Photographs

Abbreviations

1. The Socialist Club and the Modernity Project

2. Awake in the Bowl of Night

3. The Fajar Trial

4. Visionary of the Nation, Voice of Stifled Malayans

5. A Beacon of Light on the Campus and Beyond

6. Frankly Partisan in the Struggle for Student Leadership

7. The Shadow over the Club

8. Resisting Malaysia, Swansong for Malaya

9. Long Night after Coldstore

10. In Defence of University Autonomy and Student Rights

11. Entwined Memories and Myths

Conclusion: Modernity in Singapore and Malaya Reconsidered

The University Socialists: Biographical Sketches

Timeline of Events

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references ([325]-335 p.) and index.

ISBN:

1-04-079992-2

1-003-70800-5

1-04-077402-4

1-283-69831-5

90-485-1589-0

9781003708001

OCLC:

795744466