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Tamils and the haunting of justice : history and recognition in Malaysia's plantations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Willford, Andrew C. (Andrew Clinton) (Author)
Other Authors: Nagarajan, S., 1956- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Tamil (Indic people) > Land tenure > Malaysia.
Tamil (Indic people) > Relocation > Malaysia.
Plantation workers > Relocation > Malaysia.
Tamil (Indic people) > Government policy > Malaysia.
Plantation workers > Government policy > Malaysia.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • An emergent betrayal: Tamils and the development of Selangor's plantations
  • Plantation fragments
  • Tapping memories: plantations are not a workplace
  • Interruptions, insurrections, strategies
  • The locus of God's power: the faith of spirit and its incomprehensible shattering
  • Ethnic riots and other myths
  • Flats
  • The law's betrayal
  • Hindraf and the haunting of justice.