Ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia : a dialogue between tradition and modernity / [edited by] Leo Suryadinata
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
2002
Information About
The 19 articles in this uolume examine the ethnic Chinese in Singapore and malaysia from uarious perspectlues, presenting a fascinating crosscountry comparison between the past and the present. While some articles address the issues of tradition and modernity, others trace the process of change in terms of ethnic Chinese society, politics, identity, education, business and literature in these two countries.
Additional Details
- Title
- Ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia : a dialogue between tradition and modernity / [edited by] Leo Suryadinata
- Subject
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- Chinese--Singapore
- Chinese--Malaysia
- Publisher
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- Times Academic Press, 2002
- National Library Board Singapore, 2002
- Contributors
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- Suryadinata, Leo, 1941-
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill., charts
- Table of Contents
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- 1. Local and national: a dialogue between tradition and modernity -- pt. I. . Population and society. 2. Chinese Singaporeans: three decades of progress and changes. 3. The Changing demographic situation of Malaysian Chinese -- pt. II. Politics, identity and education. 4. Peranakan Chinese identities in Singapore and Malaysia: a re-examination... -- pt. III. Culture and entrepreneurship. 9. Chinese entrepreneurs in Malaysia: traditional and modern... -- pt. IV. Religion. 14. Malaysian Chinese religious culture: past and present... -- pt. V. Literature. 17. Tradition and modernity in the fiction of Lee Kok Liang and Catherine Lim: Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese perspectives... -- Index.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.