Introduction
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Contributors
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1
British Policy towards the Malay States Documents 3
2
Descriptive Accounts of the Eastern Malay States Khoo Kay Kim 22
3
The Federation of 1896 Documents 41
4
The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909: An
Overview R. Bonney 54
5 Administrative
Change in Trengganu: 1909-1941 Abdullah Zakaria bin
Ghazali 63
6
The Development of Trade Unions in Malaya Document 69
7
The Great Depression: The Malaysian Context Khoo Kay Kim 78
8
Political Parties in Malaya: 1945-1948 Cheah Boon Kheng 95
9
Some Aspects of the Malayan Emergency: 1948-1960 Cheah Boon Kheng 111
10 Local
Administration under the Culture System Chin Yoon Fong 123
11 Dutch Policy
towards the Outer Islands Chin Yoon Fong 129
12 Notes on the
Al-Irshad and the Sarikat Islam Documents 136
13 Education and
Nationalism in Indonesia Lee Kam Hing 155
14 Thailand:
1824-1910 Tjoa Hock Guan 166
15 Thailand:
1910-1958 Tjoa Hock Guan 176
16 The Anglo-Burmese
Wars: A New Look Tin Hla Thaw 186
17 Doctor Ba Maw Tin
Hla Thaw 205
18 Filipino
Opposition to Spanish Power: 1868-1898 J.P. Ongkili 222
19 United States
Policy and Filipino Response to American Rule: 1898-1946 J.P. Ongkili 230
20 Vietnamese
Nationalism-I G.P. Ramachandra 240
21 Vietnamese
Nationalism-II G.P. Ramachandra 250
22 The Indian
Revolutionary Movement Document 263
23 Muslim Separatism
in India M. Kamlin 273
24 Pakistan:
Domestic Politics and Relations with India: 1947-1954 M. Kamlin 286
25 Gandhi: The
Satyagraha Way to Swaraj K.K. Nair 303
26 Gandhi: Saint or
Politician? K.K. Nair 314
27 The
Self-Strengthening Movement Chong Yock Sin 329
28 The Rise of the
Kuomintang to Power: 1912-1928 Stephen Leong 336
29 Modern Literary
Development in China Document 343
30 New Political
Societies in China Document 355
31 The Modernization
of Japan M. Rajendran 360
32 The Rise of
Militarism in Japan M. Rajendran 373
Bibliography 385
Index 395