An Outline History of Malaysia

This book is one of the volumes in the Southeast Asian Countries: A Historical Outline series. Following the course of historical development, it recounts Malaysia's history from prehistoric times to the present. The book is divided into sections covering an introduction; the Malay Peninsula and Borneo before the fourteenth century; the Malacca Sultanate, Malay kingdoms, and outsiders, from the early fifteenth to the early nineteenth century; the formation and early development of British Malaya, from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century; the development of British Malaya, from the early twentieth century to 1945; the creation of Malaysia, from 1945 to 1969; Malaysia's rapid development, from 1970 to 1997; Malaysia's approach to the twenty-first century, from 1997 to 2016; and a conclusion. Clearly structured and written in accessible prose, the book traces Malaysia's political, economic, and cultural history as a continuous whole. It clearly outlines the main course of Malaysia's historical development and offers a rigorous, objective account of its underlying characteristics and patterns.