The lost race in British Malaya: revisiting the problems of south Indian labourers
This article discusses the history of socioeconomic and political exclusion of south Indian labourers in Malaya in relation to the racial policy of the British administration from 1907 until the early 1950s. During these years, Indian labourers were susceptible to Britain’s policy of accommodating t...
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my.um.eprints.205912019-03-04T08:31:58Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/20591/ The lost race in British Malaya: revisiting the problems of south Indian labourers Sundara Raja, Sivachandralingam Raymond, Shivalinggam DS Asia This article discusses the history of socioeconomic and political exclusion of south Indian labourers in Malaya in relation to the racial policy of the British administration from 1907 until the early 1950s. During these years, Indian labourers were susceptible to Britain’s policy of accommodating the political and economic needs of the Malays and the Chinese. Since colonial racial policy and economic factors interchangeably affected the position of Indian labourers in Malaya, the origins of Britain’s racial preference policy in Malaya are first constructed, followed by how Indian labourers were integrated and subsequently marginalized through and in the capitalist-economic system from 1907. The subsequent sections trace the extent to which they were politically and socioeconomically affected by the colonial politics of racial inequality. The article also discusses how the Japanese occupation period during the Second World War accentuated the position of Indian labourers in postwar Malaya. Following that, the long-term implication of the colonial racial policy on Indian labourers in post-independent Malaya is evaluated. Taylor & Francis 2018 Article PeerReviewed Sundara Raja, Sivachandralingam and Raymond, Shivalinggam (2018) The lost race in British Malaya: revisiting the problems of south Indian labourers. Diaspora Studies, 11 (2). pp. 115-134. ISSN 0973-9572 https://doi.org/10.1080/09739572.2018.1485237 doi:10.1080/09739572.2018.1485237 |
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This article discusses the history of socioeconomic and political exclusion of south Indian labourers in Malaya in relation to the racial policy of the British administration from 1907 until the early 1950s. During these years, Indian labourers were susceptible to Britain’s policy of accommodating the political and economic needs of the Malays and the Chinese. Since colonial racial policy and economic factors interchangeably affected the position of Indian labourers in Malaya, the origins of Britain’s racial preference policy in Malaya are first constructed, followed by how Indian labourers were integrated and subsequently marginalized through and in the capitalist-economic system from 1907. The subsequent sections trace the extent to which they were politically and socioeconomically affected by the colonial politics of racial inequality. The article also discusses how the Japanese occupation period during the Second World War accentuated the position of Indian labourers in postwar Malaya. Following that, the long-term implication of the colonial racial policy on Indian labourers in post-independent Malaya is evaluated. |
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The lost race in British Malaya: revisiting the problems of south Indian labourers |
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The lost race in British Malaya: revisiting the problems of south Indian labourers |
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