Taming the wild aborigines and racial knowledge in colonial Malaya

A brilliant demonstration of how so-called scientific knowledge is framed by the political circumstances and popular beliefs of the time, this book investigates the racial categorization of 'aborigines' and the interaction between the emerging discipline of anthropology and the evolving co...

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Main Author:	Manickam, Sandra Khor (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press 2015
Series:	Southeast Asia publications series.
Subjects:	Indigenous peoples > Malaysia > Malaya Race awareness > Malaysia > Malaya
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