TY - BOOK AU - Blackburn,Kevin AU - Wu,ZongLun TI - Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore T2 - Educational history and development in Asia SN - 9781138391659 U1 - 372.8909595 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Education KW - Malaysia KW - History KW - Singapore KW - Curricula KW - Study and teaching KW - Postcolonialism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- History in the imperial curriculum of Malaya and Singapore (1899-1930s) -- Teaching history and imperial citizenship in the 1930s -- The beginnings of the "decolonization" of colonial education (1942-1952) -- Creating an "Asia-centric" history syllabus for a Malayan nation (1952-1959) -- Tensions over a common national history in the early postcolonial state (1959-1965) -- The formation of a "Malaysian-centric" history syllabus -- Separation and a "Singapore-centric" history syllabus -- Conclusion ER -