Publication

This paper on Malaysian ethnicities uses census categories as a tool for analysis. It particularly discusses the creation of the category of "Malays and other Natives of the Archipelago." The author further focuses on migrants from the Dutch East Indies who were classified under this category, and demonstrates that the population size of these communities and the Malay population in relation to other communities was a major factor which determined their inclusion into the above category which laid down the boundaries of Malayness.