Book Review: Museums, History and Culture in Malaysia
It is not very often that one comes across a book about museums in Malaysia. Neither can one easily find such a book that has its contents closely intertwined with the history and culture of the country. This is because an attempt to link the museums with history and heritage is indeed full of c...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press)
2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/40901/1/IJAPS-121-2016-Art.-6143-145.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/40901/ http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IJAPS-121-2016-Art.-6143-145.pdf |
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| Summary: | It is not very often that one comes across a book about museums in
Malaysia. Neither can one easily find such a book that has its contents
closely intertwined with the history and culture of the country. This is
because an attempt to link the museums with history and heritage is indeed
full of complexities as the author has tried to show. The book nonetheless
shows that such task is possible. In fact, for college students, the book is
quite helpful in providing useful historical information of Malaysia's past.
From the narratives of the book, readers will certainly be made aware about
the truth of the saying that Malaysia is unique in every sense of the word. As
a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country, it is unique in its style of political
pragmatism as seen from the unconventional way its political elites try to
manage a plural society that is still struggling to become a viable and
integrated nation. Through his book, Museums, History and Culture in
Malaysia, the author Abu Talib Ahmad has painstakingly demonstrated how
museums in Malaysia try to cope with the diverse and pluralistic views of
the country's history |
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