Taming Babel

Author	: Rachel Leow
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 283
Release	: 2016-07-14
ISBN-10	: 9781107148536
ISBN-13	: 1107148537
Rating	: 4/5 (36 Downloads)

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Download or read book Taming Babel written by Rachel Leow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a study of Malaysia, Taming Babel examines how empires and postcolonial nation-states struggle to govern multilingual and polyglot subjects.

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