In this Book
- New Perspectives and Research on Malaysian History
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
summary
Historiography is both the study of the writing of history, and the history of historical writings. The book deals with the current research interests, methods, thinking and trends in Malaysian historical writing. The individual essays focus not only on new historical sources and methodologies, but also on debates between different schools of Malaysian historians on conceptual issues and on ways to reconstruct the Malaysian past. For a long time the primary object of Malaysian historical studies has been the nation-state, but some of the historians in this volume now argue that local history, social history, economic history, and the role of women, minorities and marginalized groups like trishaw riders are equally important concerns within Malaysia's socially diverse and multi-ethnic society. The essays also discuss challenges Malaysian historians face from new movements like post-modernism in representing historical truth and objectivity. This book should be of interest not only to students of Malaysian history, but also to the general reader.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9789679948561
Related ISBN(s)
9789679948400
MARC Record
OCLC
609005368
Pages
277
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No