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.

ALATAS, SYED HUSSEIN.

Published by Frank Cass., London., 1977

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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.

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Title
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.
Author
ALATAS, SYED HUSSEIN.
Publisher
Frank Cass., London.
Publication year
1977
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First Edition.
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