'Race' and the construction of the North-South divide amongst Indians in colonial Malaya and Singapore

South Asia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-264

  Rai, Rajesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; COLONIALISM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RACIAL IDENTITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 4043089072     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1479027042000236652     Document Type: Article

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