History & Culture & Politics (GR)

This compelling book explores the dilemma faced by Malaysian Tamils as they confront the moment when the plantation system where they have lived and worked for generations finally collapses. The old, long-term community-based model of rubber plantation production introduced by British and French companies in colonial Malaya has been replaced...

The Islamic kingdom of Aceh was ruled by queens for half of the 17th century. Was female rule an aberration? Unnatural? A violation of nature, comparable to hens instead of roosters crowing at dawn? Indigenous texts and European sources offer different evaluations. Drawing on both sets of sources, this book...

Histories, Cultures, Identities deals with two central questions relating to the Chinese community in Malaysia. First, how has being Chinese shaped the responses of this community to political, economic and social developments in the country? And second, how have their experiences in Malaysia affected the way in which immigrants from...

'Kerry Brown's Xi is the perfect primer for understanding Xi Jinping's status as China's greatest ruler since Mao and as this century's least assailable statesman' John Keay, author of China: A History'A valuable primer for anyone looking to get up to speed on Xi Jinping's rise to global power' Jeff...

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals.The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from...

"This book should find its place in every person's library...[it is] a resource for engagement and vital critical discourse." Philip T. N. Koh, Star2 This is a much-welcome new edition of the seminal introduction to Malaysia's constitution by the leading expert in the field. Retaining its comprehensive approach, it examines...

Xi Jinping's China is powerful, aggressive and single-minded and this book will become a must-read for the Western world.China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as...

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour de force'...

Here are stories of the Rohingyas who are living in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Malaysia. The voices of the exiled and the displaced. Malaysia hosts the largest number of refugees from Myanmar, second only to Bangladesh. It is believed that there are about 300,000 registered and unregistered Rohingyas living in the...

Writing Women: The Women’s Pages of the Malay-Language Press (1987-1998) examines how women journalists in Malaysia negotiated male power structures, in particular structures determined by the keystone party of the ruling coalition, the United Malays National Organisation. Through both oral histories and content analysis, it looks at how women journalists...

Apalah erti merdeka apabila masih ada kelompok yang miskin kelaparan, nasib wanita yang diperkotak-katikkan, meraikan kebebalan dan pembodohan, menolak semangat kemanusiaan dan kebersamaan, meraikan keradikalan ketimbang keharmonian, tunduk bersujud pada zalimnya kekuasaan dan mengangkat kecurangan lebih dari kejujuran. Serangan terhadap jiwa merdeka berlaku dalam pelbagai ranah termasuklah cara berfikir dan...

Architecture, art and design have shaped the world we live in and provide us with a chronical of the times in which they were created. From ancient monuments to whistling kettles, from Renaissance masters to graffiti artists, and from the Colosseum to the Beijing Bird’s Nest, this book presents facts...

SEJARAH RINGKAS CHINA ZAMAN PRASEJARAH hingga TAHUN 581 Bin Mei Fern, Wong Xue Er 9789670565347 Dream Seed Publisher

SEJARAH RINGKAS CHINA TAHUN 581 hingga TAHUN 1840 Bin Mei Fern, Fu Su Si 9789670565354 Dream Seed Publisher

SEJARAH RINGKAS CHINA TAHUN 1839 hingga TAHUN 1949 Wong Lih Lih, Lim Ping Xuen 9789670565361 Dream Seed Publisher

SEJARAH RINGKAS CHINA TAHUN 1949 hingga TAHUN 2013 Bin Mei Fern, Cheong Shin Hui 9789670565378 Dream Seed Publisher

Bold & Powerful: These two words aptly describe Masuma Tavakolis book, Life Under Taliban. Consolidating personal experiences including abuse and torture, the illustrated book will break your heart and help you understand why many Afghans flee their country and live in others part of the world as refugees. Masumas work...

The development of Islamic civilisation in the various regions of the world was, and is, a complex process which has attracted the attention of many researchers. The Muslim world can be compared to an Iranian carpet which, with its diversity of colours, geometrical patterns and floral designs, symbolises its very...

"When You are a politician dont even trust yourself." _Quotes To Ponder_ " I think even the unbelievers will believe that there is a Heavenly One who knows how to take care of wicked politicians who betray the trust and mandate of the people.""Dont be prisoners of a virus when...

Chinese education in Malaysia has come a long way since the nineteenth century. The Chinese had brought their traditional mode of education to Malaya, which was modernised following new political developments in China. The postcolonial period saw the restructuring of education, which resulted in the acceptance of Chinese primary schools...