
Beyond Bicentennial: Perspectives on Malays
Description The year 2019 marks Singapore's Bicentennial milestone since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore in 1819. It was in an...
View full detailsDescription The year 2019 marks Singapore's Bicentennial milestone since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore in 1819. It was in an...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Baba Malay for Everyone – is a language guide for Baba Malay - the Peranakan language. This guide is a complete ...
View full detailsDescription Contents Singapore and India established diplomatic relations in August 1965. However, their ties date as far back as the 10th cent...
View full detailsDescription Throughout the history of mankind, the rise of societies, whether civilizations, nations, or communities, has been a story of human...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Western Etiquette covers the essential of presenting oneself, from issuing and replying to formal invitations, dea...
View full detailsDescription This book details the findings of a large-scale survey on the values and lifestyles of 1500 Singapore residents in 2001. Semi-struc...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Every Chinese household to some extent uses home remedies. Children are often given a bowlful of soup or brew with...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This collection of 328 photographs shows the rhythm of daily life in Singapore between 1959 and 1965 – the pivotal...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This essential text fills a glaring gap in the social science of South-East Asia with its comprehensive and integr...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This book, which is co-published with the Preservation of Monuments Board, takes a fascinating look into the archi...
View full detailsDescription This fourth edition of the social history of the Babas and Nonya makes the seminal work by Felix Chia available again after being l...
View full detailsDescription About the Author How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized East Asian context...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in th...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors A selection of topographic prints of places such as the harbour, Singapore River, Fort Canning Hill, as well as p...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Singapore through 19th Century Photographs is a comprehensive photographic record of Singapore from the early 1840...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This bestselling classic cookbook by cookery doyen Sylvia Tan provides recipes for the well-loved dishes of Singap...
View full detailsDescription Few people have watched the development of today's Singapore as closely as President S.R. Nathan, who celebrated his 90th birthday ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author From communal villages to high-rise flats, how has the “kampung spirit” of old survived the transition? For those ...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author The globalisation of psychiatry has helped shape the way suffering and recovery is experienced in Aceh, Ind...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Immediately recognizable by their hong tou jin or red headscarves, Singapore's Samsui women-immigrants from the Sa...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Rebuilding the Ancestral Village examines the relationship between one group of Singaporean Chinese and their ance...
View full detailsDescription Good biosecurity policy decisions, particularly in relation to plant industry protection, are of ever increasing importance. Growth...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the "normative" syste...
View full detailsDescription About the Editors Our Lives to Live: Putting a Woman's Face to Change in Singapore explores and documents how women's roles, choice...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This book is a completely new edition of the out-of-print Methodist Girls’ School centenary publication of 1987. D...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The Peranakan or Baba and Nonya culture is the result of intermarriage, from the 15th century, between Chinese imm...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author Established in 1859, Singapore’s Botanic Gardens has been important as a park for Singaporeans and visitors...
View full detailsDescription About the Author First published in 1952 and the subject of numerous reprints and editions, this cookbook is an acclaimed classic a...
View full detailsDescription About the Editors Singapore society is increasingly becoming diverse. During the first few decades of nation building, policies wer...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Malay Weddings Don't Cost $50 is a collection of 42 articles which serves as a guide to Malay culture and heritage...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Out of Stock IndefinitelyMalay Etiquette teaches everything from performing a salam, washing before meals. appropr...
View full detailsDescription The Malay/Muslim community, comprising approximately 13% of Singapore's population, is an integral part of modern Singapore's forma...
View full detailsDescription About the Author In early 1905, a group of Javanese led by Alias bin Ali, started a settlement on a hillside in Singapore, not far ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Japanese Etiquette delves in to details from bowing, sitting on tatami, drinking sake from a masu, coping with unf...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This updated edition with a refreshed cover allows readers to better understand and appreciate the truths and expe...
View full detailsDescription This book showcases some of the key thematic issues reported by Asian migrants and sojourners residing abroad, as well as non-Asian...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Indian Etiquette cover key aspects of the rich culture, from gift-giving, presenting a garland, eating with finger...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The fourth edition of the popular pictorial book contains over 120 new photographs with updates to existing places...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The Gardens by the Bay comprising three distinctive waterfront gardens will eventually occupy 101 hectares of land...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand explores the intersections of memory, place, power and touri...
View full detailsDescription Chin Woon Ping's Hakka Soul chronicles the dreams, ambitions and idiosyncrasies of her family, beginning with the death of her gran...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Gedung Kuning or the Yellow Mansion was home to the family of Haji Yusoff 'Tali Pinggang' from 1912 to 1999. It wa...
View full detailsDescription If you think that most Peranakans live to eat, you may be correct. After all, good Peranakan cuisine isn't a matter of tossing just...
View full detailsDescription You are probably familiar with the spicy Peranakan cusine or even have friends who are graet cooking at it. But there is definitrly...
View full detailsDescription Have you ever wondered what life was like in a malay Kampong in the old days? Or why practically all your malay friends are Muslims...
View full detailsDescription With 5,000 years of history, India is a culture united by diversity. Her literary traditions reflect her glory and heritage. Today,...
View full detailsDescription The famous author Rudyyard Kipling once wrote, " East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet."Yet they have met i...
View full detailsDescription Have you ever wonder about the significance of the various vibriant festivls celebrated by the Chinese people every year, or why th...
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