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typo in authors, please help to correct: two Kah Seng Loh (delete one), one author missing: Cheng Tju Lim (please add)

[lethe]

Removed and added, respectively.

On the cover it says Guo Quan Seng and in the book record Seng Guo-Quan, do you know which is correct? The other names are as they appear on the cover.

[黑锅]

thanks lethe! hmm... in this case, may actually be better to change to Guo-Quan Seng (since the other three names are stated as such i.e. Kah Seng Loh, Cheng Tju Lim and Edgar Liao).

But, in Chinese, we address as Loh Kah Seng (Chinese names usually have three characters; some four, as some surnames maybe two characters) Lim Cheng Tju and Seng Guo-Quan. The first word is the surnames/ family name (in this case: Loh, Lim and Seng).

But, I think it's due to western first and second name format that the chinese names are written with the surnames behind.

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Can help add another edition of this book, thanks:)

* Title same
* Author(s) name(s) same (notice in this case the 3 Chinese names are written in the original Chinese name on the book cover as opposed to first name/ second name format:)
* ISBN (or ASIN) ISBN 978-9971-69-692-4
* Publisher NUS Press Singapore
* Publication date 2013
* Format Paperback
* Description
The book, using a small group of left-wing student activists as a prism, explores the complex politics that underpinned the making of nation-states in Singapore and Malaysia after World War Two. While most works have viewed the period in terms of political contestation groups, the book demonstrates how it is better understood as involving a shared modernist project framed by British-planned decolonization. This pursuit of nationalist modernity was characterized by an optimism to replace the colonial system with a new state and mobilize the people into a new relationship with the state, according them new responsibilitiesas well as new rights.

This book based on student writings, official documents and oral history interviews, brings to life various modernist strands - liberal-democratic, ethnic-communal, and Fabian and Marxist socialist - seeking to determine the form of postcolonial Malaya. It uncovers a hitherto little-seen world where the meanings of loud slogans were fluid, vague and deeply contested. This world also comprised as much convergence between the groups as conflict, including collaboration between the Socialist Club and other political and student groups which were once its rivals, while its main ally eventually became its nemesis.


"This study captures a brief Malayan moment in the history of Singapore and throws light on why the moment did not last. It is a strong example of alternative history in which losers' stories are not only told but also help to correct official accounts. Remarkably, it also shows how historians juggle with memories of pain and regret as they try not to make new myths" - Wang Gungwu

“Careful not to dismiss the official state narrative of nation formation as mere propaganda or promote the memories of the Left as gospel truth, the authors succeed admirably in adding a nuanced perspective to the history of Malaya and Singapore. Informative biographical sketches of the club’s members will educate future generations about a group of important individuals in our past.” - Koon, Wong Soak

“On the balance, the book should prove to be a compelling read in terms of its rich factual details, fluent prose, thrusting analysis, as well as theoretical framing. It is a handsome contribution to extant scholarship on the history of the island city-state and places the English-educated student activism back into the limelight as the increasingly Anglicized society currently gropes towards a new style of politics.” -Huang Jianli

* Page count 347
* Link to cover http://nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/t...

[lethe]

#3 Thanks, have changed the name to what appears on the cover. Some international editions do use the correct name order, therefore it is not always clear to someone who doesn't know Chinese which name is the surname :)