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American missionary journey into the Malay printing world
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Type
Book chapter
Citation
Hadijah Rahmat. (2011). American missionary journey into the Malay printing world. In L. Sinha (Ed.), Rainbows of Malay literature and beyond: Fetstschrift for Professor Muhammad Salleh Yappar (pp. 103-123). Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia.
Abstract
The traditional Malay literary heritage is valuable and aplenty but is yet to be explored and fully utilized for the beneficial development of society, nation and mankind at large. This article discusses the Malay literary heritage in America which was brought there in the early 19th century through two major American historical voyages to South East Asia: the Christian Missionary Movement from the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions or A.B.C.F.M (1834-1843) and the Wilkes Expedition, (the first American Scientific Expedition 1838-1842) which made a stopover in Singapore in 1843. This is some early research findings by the author when she was there under the Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program from November 2002 until May 2003, to do research at the University Berkeley, California, the Houghton Library, University Harvard and the Library of Congress, Washington USA. These research findings are important as it depicts the early historical ties between the United States and Southeast Asia, the development of the Malay language together with early Malay publications, and the involvement of the Christian missionaries in the history of literature and education in Singapore and Southeast Asia in general.
Date Issued
2011
Publisher
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)