Historical Fiction (GR)

本书有九章，再加一篇附记。内容涉及海南岛历史发展的概述、新马海南人历史精神的探索，以及对海南民俗文化、海南饮食文化和海南会馆天后宫的建置等进行探讨。海南岛的 自然「地理」和人文進程 ，有其包容多元，吸纳外来元素的“海洋”特性，而下“南洋”的海南人又有其“南洋品牌”的创造和再创造。这些都是探讨新马海南人重要的精神文化和本事，遂乃以“海洋和南洋”作为本书之主标题。

本书作为第一本居銮老街的学术研究成果，它或许能帮助我们从社区与建筑、经济与教育、政治与人物等不同角度，更全面地了解居銮老街的的历史和文化，并成为推广居銮作为地方品牌的一大助力。主编简介：廖文辉，国立台湾大学历史系，马来亚大学中文研究所硕士，中国厦门大学历史学博士。现为马来西亚新纪元大学学院中文系暨东南亚学系副教授、马来西亚历史研究中心主任、华侨大学华侨华人文献资料研究中心兼职研究员。研究领域为东南亚史和华侨华人。著有《马新史学研究的发展与嬗变（1800-1969）》（2022）、《马来西亚：多元共生的赤道国度》（2019）、《许云樵评传》（2014）、《马新史学80年——从南洋研究到华人研究（1930－2009）》（2011）、《华校教总及其人物（1951－2005）》（2006）等，并有近百篇论文发表于海内外。

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