Nanyang: Essays on Heritage

by Wang Gungwu

This volume is a book of reflections and encounters about the region that the Chinese knew as Nanyang. The essays in it look back at the years of uncertainty after the end of World War II and explore the period largely through images of mixed heritages in Malaysia and Singapore. They also look at the trends towards social and political divisiveness following the years of decolonization in Southeast Asia. Never far in the background is the struggle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814786519
• ISBN13: 9789814786515
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Iseas - Yusof Ishak Institute
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"