Malaysia

#38     British Colonial Rule and the Resistance of the Malay Peasantry, 1900-1957, by Donald M. Nonini.  237 pp. (1992).  Cloth, $30.00; paper, $17.00
    The author synthesizes a large body of materials on peasant resistance to British rule on the Malayan peninsula.  He delineates the forms the resistance took, and the emergence and internal differentiation of a “Malay” peasantry. Explanations for the “underdevelopment” of this peasantry are evaluated. 
   Reviewers’ Comments: “…a solid synthesis…. -Kenyalang 
 …well articulated….stimulating reading….pulls together a vast amount of material…” -William Case

#29      From Class to Culture: Social Conscience in Malay Novels since Independence, by David J. Banks. x, 200 pp. (1988).  $17.00 
   Examines the role of the Malay novel in the development of Malay nationalism in the period since Malaysian independence. 
   Reviewers’ Comments: “…Banks hits the ball and scores what must be the decade’s outstanding critical homerun…” “…an exemplary attempt to understand a culture by listening to its most articulate members.” -I. R. Cruz, KINAADMAN