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In this fully updated 4th edition of his ever-popular Crossroads, Jim Baker adds new analysis following the watershed 2018 general elections in Malaysia and reviews the policies and impact of the next generation of Singapore's leaders. The original text, which traces the complex currents of history and politics of Malaysia and Singapore-neighbours with a common past-has also been revised to re-evaluate events in the context of new historical findings and perspectives. From Srivijaya to British colony to modern states, this is "history without tears" (The New Straits Times). "A must-read" - Ken Whiting, former Associated Press Singapore Bureau Chief.."Baker's thrilling book profits from his refusal to separate Singapore's history from Malaysia's. What we get is a broad story filled with surprising details drawn from his own experiences and from other scholarly works and told in an easy and captivating style." - Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. "Jim Baker's Crossroads is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows in more than a few quarters. His book presents a side of history not many may be aware of or even want to know ... it is as thought-provoking as it is enlightening." - The Sun

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Publié par	Marshall Cavendish International
Date de parution	20 mars 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9789814868389
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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CROSSROADS
A Popular History of Malaysia and Singapore
FULLY UPDATED FOURTH EDITION
Jim Baker
2020 Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited
First published in 1999
Fourth edition published in 2020 by Marshall Cavendish Editions
An imprint of Marshall Cavendish International

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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Name(s): Baker, Jim (James Michael), 1948-.
Title: Crossroads: A popular history of Malaysia and Singapore / Jim Baker.
Description: Fully updated fourth edition. | Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2020]. | First published: 1999. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifier(s): OCN 1127058722 | e-ISBN 978 981 4868 38 9
Subject(s): LCSH: Singapore-History. | Malaysia-History. | Malaya-History. | Singapore-Politics and government. | Malaysia-Politics and government.
Classification: DDC 959.5-dc23
Printed in Singapore
CONTENTS
Preface to the First Edition (1999)
Preface to the Second Edition (2008)
Preface to the Third Edition (2014)
Preface to the Fourth Edition (2020)
1 Malaysia and its Indigenous People
Monsoon Asia
At the Crossroads
Rain Forests, Mountains and Plains
The Malay World
Orang Laut
Inter-Archipelago Migration
2 Indian Influence and Early Empires
Hindu Culture and Royalty
Language, Literature and Legends
Pattern of Indianization
Funan - The First Traders
Champa and Trade on the Eastern Coast
Srivijaya and Trade in the Straits
Melaka Empire
The Melaka Entrep t
The Coming of Islam
Decline of Empire
3 West Meets East in the Archipelago
For Gold, Glory and God
Portuguese Take Melaka
Rise of Aceh
Johor and the Royal Family
The Dutch Challenge Portuguese Trade
The Bugis Dominate in the Eighteenth Century
The Bugis-Dutch Conflict
4 Britain Takes Control of the Crossroads
Renewed Interest in Asia
Founding of Penang
Melaka Becomes a British Settlement
Raffles and Singapore
William Farquhar
Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
5 Singapore in the Nineteenth Century
Free Trade and Prosperity
Singapore s Immigrant Population
Government and Social Conditions
Sin City
War on Piracy
A Crown Colony
Social Stability
Malays in Singapore
6 The Malay Peninsula until 1874
Village Culture
Islam and Malay Values
Non-intervention in Malay Affairs
Kedah s Struggle with Siam
Johor and the Puppet Prince
Pahang s Civil War
Tin Mining and Chinese Immigration
Civil War in Selangor
Turf Wars in Perak
Treaty of Pangkor
7 British Intervention
State-by-State Intervention
Negri Sembilan
Pahang and Johor
The Residential System
Trouble in Perak
Pahang Chieftains Resist the British
Compromise and Stability
Federated Malay States (FMS)
Kuala Lumpur, the Capital
Unfederated Malay States
Informal Ties with Johor
8 The British in Borneo
Brunei Sultanate
Sarawak and the Brookes
White Raja of Sarawak
Benevolent Rule
Charles Brooke
British North Borneo
9 The Impact of British Rule on Malaya
The Rubber Boom
Modern Administration
Chinese Contributions
Indians in Malaya
Health Care
Education
Legacy of British Rule
10 The Impact of British Rule on the Malays
11 Singapore: A Global Trader
Trading and Financial Center
America Sneezes
Regional Hub
Strategic Defense Center
A Resident Society
Mothers of Singapore
Malays in Politics
Pre-war Politics
Colonial Society
12 World War II and British Malaya
The Rise of Japan
Fall of Malaya
The Occupation
Malayan Resistance
Impact of the War
13 Malaya after the War
Malay Political Unity
Post-War Malay Community
Federation of Malaya
The Emergency and the Communist Threat
Carrot-and-Stick Solutions
Toward Independence
Creation of the Alliance Party
Democratic Federal Elections
The Constitution and the Deal
14 Singapore: The Road to Self-Rule
Post-War Politics
Political Unrest
Post-War Malay Community
Self-Government
David Marshall and the Labor Front
Lim Yew Hock
Rise of the People s Action Party
15 Malayans Take Control
Malaya from 1957
The Alliance Government
National Development
Singapore from 1959
Building the Economy
Urban Development
Merger with Malaya
Battle for the PAP
Borneo in the Twentieth Century
North Borneo
The Malaysia Proposal
Federation of Malaysia
Regional Opposition to Malaysia
PAP s Entry into Malaysian Politics
16 Malaysia 1965-1990
Status Quo Challenged
Emergency Rule
New Economic Policy
National Ideology
Malay Business Ventures
Consequences of the NEP
Borneo Politics
Sabah
Sarawak
Barisan Nasional, PAS and the DAP
Malaysian Democracy
Mahathir in Power
Royal Power
Judicial Power
Impact of the New Economic Policy
Social Change
17 Independent Singapore
Stability and Purpose - A New Social Contract
One Party, One Voice
Search for a Common Identity
Malays in the 1960s and Early 1970s
Regional Relations
ASEAN
Population Problems
A Crisis of Identity?
The Michael Fay Caning
Western Influence
The Search for Core Values
New Political Directions
A New Generation of Leaders
18 Twenty-First-Century Malaysia
Malaysia s Changing Population
Are Minorities Marginalized?
Creation of an Indian Underclass?
Asian Economic Crisis
UMNO Reaction
The New Malay Dilemma
Islam and Social Change
The Allah Issue
The Crisis and Malay Internal Divisions
Emergence of an Opposition Coalition
A Political Tsunami
Elections of 2013
The Najib Era
The Path to Economic Growth
GST and Corruption
A New Political Reality: Pakatan Harapan
The Opposition Wins
Looking Forward
19 Twenty-First-Century Singapore
New Directions
Consultative Government
The Third Wave of Immigrants
Backlash Against Immigration
Unequal Growth
Culture in the Twenty-First Century
Swinging Singapore
Election of 2011
Singapore at 50
Sowing the Seeds of Nationhood
Death of Lee Kuan Yew
Election of 2015
A Question of Culture
Friends and Neighbors
Closer Ties with the United States
Global Initiatives
Friends After Divorce?
Bibliography
Index
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
In the last quarter of the twentieth century, there has been much focus on what appears to be a shift in the world s economic and political power from North America and Europe to Asia. This is underscored by the increasingly prominent roles played by Asia both economically and politically, which impact not only on the region but on the world at large. The change began with Japan s tremendous economic growth after World War II and was followed by economic booms in Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong. In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a third wave of growing economies in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. The final act in this economic renaissance of Asia will be the rise of two of the potentially largest world economies - India and China.
The economic downturn in the area in the late 1990s was no more than a temporary setback. Most economists believe Asia will emerge from the crisis to be just as important a player in the world economy as it was before the crisis.
There is a wealth of opinion and commentary about Asia s growth and its ramifications. A running theme is that the underpinnings of Asia s economic success are rooted in culture and values, that the rise of the East is driven by Asian values, which create the climate necessary for these societies to compete successfully with the West. Evidence of this view is contained in popular commentaries on the economic conflict between Japan and the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. It is seen in the stated attempts by many Asian leaders to protect their societies from the influences of popular Western culture lest they corrupt the foundations of their success. And this view has been further advanced by cultural critics in the West who warn of economic decline because of current social conditions in Western societies.
The problem is that to define Asian values is virtually impossible, and for politicians to portray economic competition in today s world as one between geographic areas is a gross oversimplification. To see Asia as a monolithic cultural entity defies imagination. Who really believes that an Uzbeki Afghan shares common values with a Japanese in Yokohama, that the Malay living in a village in Kelantan views the world the same way as a factory worker in Seoul, or that a Chinese peasant farmer could share a similar value system with a Dani tribesman in Irian Jaya? Perhaps a reason why Asians we