The Myth of the Lazy Native. A Study of the Image of the Malays, Filipinos and Javanese from the 16th to the 20th Century and its Function in the Ideology of Colonial Capitalism

by Syed Hussein Alatas

A$500 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

First edition

London. Frank Cass. 1977. First Edition. 267pp, bibliography, index, a very good copy in dustjacket. A profound and wide-ranging exploration of the notion of the "lazy native", who was considered indolent by nature or because of his environment, a notion which was a mainstay of the European colonial mentality. When..... More

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