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Introduction: colonialism, nationalism and contest; 1. The ancienregime: described and condemned; 2. Establishing a liberal critique; 3. Adescription of the real world: expanding vocabularies; 4. Conceptualizing aBangsa community: a newspaper of moderate opinions; 5. Building a bourgeoispublic sphere; 6. Ideological challenge on a second front: The Kerajaan incontest with Islam; 7. Answering liberalism: Islamic first moves; 8. Kerajaanself-reform: chronicling a new Sultanate; 9. Practising politics in themid-colonial period; 10. Surveying the homeland; Sedar and dialogicprocesses; Conclusion: the Malay political heritage.