The myth of the lazy native : a study of the image of the Malays, Filipinos and Javanese from the 16th to the 20th century and its function in the ideology of colonial capitalism / Syed Hussein Alatas.

Author(s): Alatas, Syed Hussein

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Main Title
The myth of the lazy native : a study of the image of the Malays, Filipinos and Javanese from the 16th to the 20th century and its function in the ideology of colonial capitalism
Author(s)
Alatas, Syed Hussein
Publisher
Abingdon, OX : Routledge, 2010.
Collation
vii, 267 p.
22 cm.
ISBN
9780415604086
Dewey Class
959.004992
Contents
The image of the Malays until the time of Raffles -- British image of the Malays in the late 19th century and 20th century -- The image of the Filipinos during the 17th to the 19th century -- The image of the Javanese from the 18th to the 20th century -- The image of indolence and the corresponding reality -- Colonial capitalism and its attitude towards labour in the 19th and early 20th century -- The indolence of the Filipinos -- The colonial image and the study of national character -- The Malay concept of industry and indolence -- "Mental revolution" and the indolence of the Malays -- The distortion of Malay character -- The disappearance of the indigenous trading class -- Conclusion.
Language
English
Subject
National characteristics, Philippine.
National characteristics, Malay.
National characteristics, Javanese.
BRN
6369

Notes

  • First published 1977 by Frank Cass and Company Ltd.

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