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A provocative look at the history of Malaysia that stands out in stark contrast to the 'official' versions taught in schools, a recurring theme in almost every postcolonial nation. Well researched with extensive footnotes, it is a book only Dr Farish A Noor can write. To write a history of a state like Pahang today requires us to go back to the history of the land and its peoples before the emergence of a political entity that would be named Pahang … It has to be emphasised that a history of the Malaysian peninsula has to begin with the recognition that it has always been a fluid, open territory inhibited by a myriad people, with a complexity that resist any attempt at closure and compartmentalisation.
