Floating on a Malayan breeze : travels in Malaysia and Singapore /

Vadaketh, Sudhir Thomas,

Floating on a Malayan breeze : travels in Malaysia and Singapore / Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh. - Singapore : NUS Press ; (c)2012. Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (viii, 282 pages) : illustrations (some color), map.

"First published by Hong Kong University Press"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: Forgotten histories; 2: Two countries separated at birth; 3: The end of dominance: Part I; 4: The end of dominance: Part II; 5: Not civil enough; 6: Alibaba and the thieves; 7: Some are more equal than others; Plate 1-16; 8: Colour matters; 9: The influx of God and migrants; 10: The joy of families and security; 11: The stress of work and city life; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

"What happens after a country splits apart? Forty-seven years ago Singapore separated from Malaysia. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Malaysia has given preference to the majority Malay Muslims --



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Vadaketh, Sudhir Thomas--Travel--Malaysia.
Vadaketh, Sudhir Thomas--Travel--Malaysia.


Electronic Books.

DS592 / .F563 2012