Culture & Heritage

Description About the Editor Look inside the book From familiar seafood favourites such as prawn and mackerel, to unusual fares such as pufferf...

Description About the Author The history of Asia can be told through its great port cities: Guangzhou (Canton), Shanghai, Nagasaki, Basra, Aden...

Description About the Editor Often serving as an important node through which West Asian and South Asian maritime trade with China were maintai...

Description About the Author Immerse yourself in the vibrant tapestry of Singapore's culinary heritage as you journey through the pages of this...

Description About the Author Look Inside the Book A comprehensive resource that introduces readers to key techniques of Chinese pastry- and des...

Description About the Authors Place names tell us much about a country — its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-ima...

Description About the Author More Daily Nonya Dishes adds to the collection of everyday dishes of the Babas and Nonyas documented in the author...

Description About the Authors Until recently, Bhutan has been relatively unknown. In many minds, it is a mystical secluded place. Nonetheless...

Description This book presents a diverse selection of almost 50 of the rarest and most priceless items in the collection, including the Mao Kun...

Description About the Author A unique collection of iconic dishes from the Straits-born community, including Eurasians, Chetti Melakans, Indone...

Description Praise About the Author Tough times don’t last, but tough people do! The recipe for resilience lies in the practice and joy of be...

Description About the Author Baba Malay for Everyone – is a language guide for Baba Malay - the Peranakan language. This guide is a complete ...

Description About the Author This book, which is co-published with the Preservation of Monuments Board, takes a fascinating look into the archi...

Description This fourth edition of the social history of the Babas and Nonya makes the seminal work by Felix Chia available again after being l...

Description About the Author How does one comprehend the phenomenon of the modernization of an Asian society in a globalized East Asian context...

Description About the Authors A selection of topographic prints of places such as the harbour, Singapore River, Fort Canning Hill, as well as p...

Description About the Author Singapore through 19th Century Photographs is a comprehensive photographic record of Singapore from the early 1840...

Description Few people have watched the development of today's Singapore as closely as President S.R. Nathan, who celebrated his 90th birthday ...

Description Praise About the Author The globalisation of psychiatry has helped shape the way suffering and recovery is experienced in Aceh, Ind...

Description About the Author Immediately recognizable by their hong tou jin or red headscarves, Singapore's Samsui women-immigrants from the Sa...

Description About the Author Rebuilding the Ancestral Village examines the relationship between one group of Singaporean Chinese and their ance...

Description About the Author The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the "normative" syste...

Description About the Editors Our Lives to Live: Putting a Woman's Face to Change in Singapore explores and documents how women's roles, choice...

Description About the Author This book is a completely new edition of the out-of-print Methodist Girls’ School centenary publication of 1987. D...

Description About the Author The Peranakan or Baba and Nonya culture is the result of intermarriage, from the 15th century, between Chinese imm...

Description Praise About the Author Established in 1859, Singapore’s Botanic Gardens has been important as a park for Singaporeans and visitors...

Description About the Author First published in 1952 and the subject of numerous reprints and editions, this cookbook is an acclaimed classic a...

Description 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 ...

Description Praise About the Author Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand explores the intersections of memory, place, power and touri...

Description Chin Woon Ping's Hakka Soul chronicles the dreams, ambitions and idiosyncrasies of her family, beginning with the death of her gran...

Description Decoration and Symbolism in Chinese Architecture unlocks the hidden meanings behind the decorative symbols and architectural design...

Description About the Author This cookbook gives recipes for the food that Babas and Nonyas of old ate for their breakfast, lunch, dinner and i...

Description Praise About the Editors Changes in the character of the political regime in Laos after 2000, a massive influx of foreign investmen...

Description About the Author Accumulating years of intensive research and rigorous taste-testing, Lee Geok Boi returns with another cookbook, t...

Description About the Author Enjoy the authentic flavours of many of Asia's classic noodle dishes with this bumper collection of more than 100 ...

Description About the Authors & Illustrator A comprehensive field guide to the 829 bird species of Malaysia (including Sabah and Sarawak) a...

Description The Peranakan Association Singapore Being Baba presents selected articles on Peranakan culture through the eyes of contributors to ...

Description The Straits Chinese or Peranakan community is perhaps one of the oldest overseas Chinese communities in history, having established...

Description The hajj calls Muslims to journey to Mecca from wherever they are across the world. Of the far-flung communities one of the largest...

Description Once the centre of trade and commerce connecting Singapore to the rest of the Malay Archipelago, Kampong Gelam served as a religio...

Description About the Author This volume is a book of reflections and encounters about the region that the Chinese knew as Nanyang. The essays ...

Description About the Author This book offers a glimpse into an almost unknown but distinct community in Singapore and Malaysia: the Peranakan ...

Description This book is one of the few books written in English on Chaozhou culture and history. It compiles information from Chinese and Engl...

Description Singapore Shophouse Walks: Joo Chiat, Katong and Geylang  takes its readers on a journey around the East Coast area of Singapore. T...

Description About the Authors This accessibly written encyclopedia, compiled by two experienced educationists, gives summary information and gu...

Description “Baba”, “Nonya”, “Peranakan” and “Straits Chinese” are terms that refer to the descendants of Chinese traders who settled in Southe...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book Constance Singam's love affair with food began with her mother's Keralan cooking. For ...

Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   |  Get the E-book on Amazon or Google Play Did you know that we owe the iconic Singa...