List of Tables ix
Preface xi
The British Period 11
Constitutional Commission
and the Constitution of Malaya, 1957 30
The United Malays
National Organisation 63
The Malayan Chinese
Association 75
The Malayan Indian
Congress 81
The Independence of
Malaya Party and the Formation of the Alliance 81
Malay Political
Paramountcy 92
The Labour Party of
Malaya 122
The People's Progressive
Party 131
The United Democratic
Party 137
Formation of Malaysia 145
Intensification of
Communal and Political Contradictions 148
Formation of Democratic
Action Party and the Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia 159
The 1969 General
Elections 163
Select Bibliography 227
Index 230