The myth of the lazy native
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York :
Routledge ,
c1997
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The image of the Malays until the time of Raffles
- 2. British image of the Malays in the late 19th century and 20th century
- 3. The image of the Filipinos during the 17th to the 19th century
- 4. The image of the Javanese from the 18th to the 20th century
- 5. The image of indolence and the corresponding reality
- 6. Colonial capitalism and its attitude towards labour in the 19th and early 20th century
- 7. The indolence of the Filipinos
- 8. The colonial image and the study of national character
- 9. The Malay concept of industry and indolence
- 10. "Mental revolution" and the indolence of the Malays
- 11. The distortion of Malay character
- 12. The disappearance of the indigenous trading class