Taming Babel : language in the making of Malaysia

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 9781107148536 (Hardback); 9781316602607 (Paperback)
• ISBN (error code): 9781316668948 (PDF ebook)
• Title: Taming Babel : language in the making of Malaysia
• Author/Editor: Rachel Leow.
• Author Heading: Leow, Rachel.
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press (出版); [New York, New York] : Cambridge University Press (出版)
• Publication Date: 2016.
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2016
• Extent: xx, 261 pages
• Other physical details: maps
• Size: 24 cm
• Place of Publication (Country Code): GB
• Text Language Code: eng
• Content Type: txt : text
• Media Type: n : unmediated
• Carrier Type: nc : volume
• Subject Heading: 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.
• LCC: P119.32.M4
• DDC: 306.44/9595
• NDLC: KE33
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-255) and index.
• Holding library: 国立国会図書館
• Call No.: KE33-P10
• Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
• Bibliographic ID (NDL): 030333753; http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/030333753
• LC Control Number: 2016016075; https://lccn.loc.gov/2016016075
• Cataloging Rule: RDA
• Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211

• Contents: Part I. The Colonial StateThe technocrats : challenges of governance in a polyglot societyThe knowledge producers : taming sounds, scripts and selves...
• Summary, etc.: "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 d...