• Floating on a Malayan breeze[electronic resource] :travels in Malaysia and Singapore /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 915.95
    書名/作者: Floating on a Malayan breeze : travels in Malaysia and Singapore // Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh.
    作者: Vadaketh, Sudhir Thomas.
    出版者: Singapore : : NUS Press ;, c2012
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (viii, 282 p.) : : ill. (some col.), map.
    附註: "First published by Hong Kong University Press"--T.p. verso.
    標題: Singapore - Politics and government.
    標題: Malaysia - Politics and government - 20th century.
    ISBN: 9789882208841 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9789888139316 (pbk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.
    內容註: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Forgotten histories -- 2. Two countries separated at birth -- 3. The end of dominance : part I -- 4. The end of dominance : part II -- 5. Not civil enough - 6. Alibaba and the thieves -- 7. Some are more equal than others -- 8. Colour matters -- 9. The influx of God and migrants -- 10. The joy of families and security --11. The stress of work and city life -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
    摘要、提要註: What happens after a country splits apart? Forty-five years ago Singapore separated from Malaysia. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Malaysia has given preference to the majority Malay Muslims--the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Singapore, meanwhile, has tried to build a meritocracy--ostensibly colour-blind, yet more encouraging perhaps to some Singaporeans than to others. How have these policies affected ordinary people? How do these two divergent nations now see each other and the world around them? Seeking answers to these questions, two Singaporeans set off to cycle around Peninsular Malaysia, armed with a tent, two pairs of clothes and a daily budget of three US dollars each. They spent 30 days on the road, cycling through every Malaysian state, and chatting with hundreds of Malaysians. Not satisfied, they then went on to interview many more people in Malaysia and Singapore. What they found are two countries that have developed economically but are still struggling to find their souls.
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