ISBN:
0415485940
,
9780415485944
,
9780203876831
,
0203876830
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 185 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia 56
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: London, Univ., Diss.
DDC:
959.57/04
Keywords:
Hertogh, Maria
;
Hertogh, Maria, 1937-
;
Riots
;
Singapore
;
Muslims
;
Singapore
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Muslim
;
Singapur
;
Rassenunruhen
;
Geschichte 1950
;
Hertogh, Maria 1937-2009
Description / Table of Contents:
Remembering violence -- The colonial setting and outbreak of riots -- Muslims in singapore -- The Maria Hertogh legal controversy -- The riots -- Proscription -- Instilling fear -- Ideologues and perpetrators of violence -- The use and abuse of law -- To err is human, to forgive divine -- Annus Horribilis -- Surveillance -- Moments of anxiety -- A year of high drama -- The appeal court case -- Residues of Muslim resistance -- New threats and old enemies -- Self-criticism -- A winter of discontent -- The politics of enquiry -- The battle of words and wits -- Villains and scapegoats -- Shifting fates, shattered lives -- Reconciliation -- Restoring public confidence -- Pacifying the Muslims -- Challenges in reconciliation -- The martyr and the prophet of Islam -- The return to normalcy -- Reform -- The police force -- Education -- Marriage policies -- Child adoption -- In retrospect.
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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