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Contents Foreword iv Notes on Contributors v 1. Introduction by Cheah Boon Kheng 1 2. Abu Talib Ahmad Scribes and Historians, State Museums and State histories 9 3. Abu Talib Ahmad Re-reading Adat Laws and Legal Texts as Sources of Malay Social Stability 61 4. Badriyah Haji Salleh Syair as a Historical Source: The Syair Tantangan Singapura, a 19th century text 97 5. Cheah Boon Kheng New Theories and Challenges in Malaysian History 119 6. Haryati Hassan and Hamidin Abd. Hamid Writing marginalized groups into Malaysian history 147 7. Loh Wei Leng The Gerschenkron Advantage: New directions for forging ahead in Malaysian economic history 159 8. Mahani Musa Highlighting Malay women in Malaysian historiography 179 9. Nik Haslinda Nik Hussain Writing on Orang Asli into Malaysian History 211 10. Paul H. Kratoska Many Malayas: Placing Malaysia in a Historical Context 229 11. Danny Wong Tze Ken Writing the History of the Chinese in Malaysia: New directions and bridging the gaps between two linguistic spheres 247 iii ...

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