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Taming Babel : language in the making of Malaysia /

Taming Babel sheds new light on the role of language in the making of modern postcolonial Asian nations. Focusing on one of the most linguistically diverse territories in the British Empire, Rachel Leow explores the profound anxieties generated by a century of struggles to govern the polyglot subjec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leow, Rachel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Language policy > Malaysia > History > 19th century.
Language policy > Malaysia > History > 20th century.
Multilingualism > Political aspects > Malaysia > History.
Malay language > Political aspects > Malaysia > History.
Chinese language > Political aspects > Malaysia > History.
Postcolonialism > Malaysia > History.
Malaysia > Politics and government > 19th century.
Malaysia > Politics and government > 20th century.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.

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