History

Description About the Author Read a sample chapter Since 1819, more than 6,200 place (street and village) names divided into more than 3,900 na...

Description The branding of Singapore International Airlines with the image of a beautiful, petite and servile 'Oriental' woman dressed in figu...

Description 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...

Description About the Author This book provides a comprehensive portrait of class structure, dynamics, and orientations in Singapore – understo...

Description About the Author This book, a compilation of key speeches and articles by the late Mr S Rajaratnam, is a tribute to one of the foun...

Description For a Chinese immigrant in South-East Asia to make good is not unique, but what is unique in Tan Kah-kee’s case is his enormous con...

Description How did Singapore's health care system transform itself into one of the best in the world? It not only provides easy access, but it...

Description About the Author With Foreword by S R Nathan. “A scholar by inclination, a businessman by necessity, a diplomat by duty” those wer...

Description About the Editors Singapore's Real Estate: 50 Years of Transformation documents the transformation and development of the real esta...

Description This book is a record of Mr Tan Lark Sye's remarkable contribution to the founding of Nanyang University. Hailing from Jimei, Fujia...

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 Editor Singapore's success story is essentially a "people" story. Singaporeans have good reason to celebrate the nation's...

Description Reporter is an account of John McBeth’s 50-year journey through Asia, more than half of that time as a correspondent for the Far Ea...

Description This book pays tribute to 25 Singaporean South Asians who pioneered and excelled in their respective fields from 1950 to 2015. It i...

Description About the Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...

Description About the Authors Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723): The First Microbiologist (523 KB) Pasteurizatio...

Description Reflections: The Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew is a collection of essays reflecting on Singapore's first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew's im...

Description About the Editors Singapore's well-documented economic progress since independence owes a big debt to the initial investment that t...

Description About the Author Singapore is known internationally for its successful economic development. Key to its economic successes is a var...

Description About the Authors On 1 January 2004, the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) came into force. The USSFTA was the result of a...

Description About the Author The authoritative biography of the 'Father of Singapore'. By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-...

Description Southeast Asia contains some of the world's busiest shipping waters, particularly the Indonesian archipelago, the Straits of Malacc...

Description The Malay/Muslim community, comprising approximately 13% of Singapore's population, is an integral part of modern Singapore's forma...

Description About the Author This book is a 25-year milestone celebration of DAS' efforts in creating awareness for dyslexia and providing qual...

Description About the Editor In conjunction with Singapore's 50th birthday in 2015, 50 Years of Environment: Singapore's Journey Towards Enviro...

Description This book describes in vivid detail how a newly independent nation with neither a history of technical education nor industry, deve...

Description About the Editors 50 Years of Singapore-Europe Relations: Celebrating Singapore's Connections with Europe is one contribution to th...

Description Singapore’s demographic diversity was the driving force for the country's founding leaders as they forged a nation. They sought to ...

Description About the Editor This volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system...

Description About the Author Through the lens of the now-defunct Singapore government-linked company (GLC) called International Trading Company...

Description About the Editors Singapore reaches an important milestone in its national development in 2015 when it celebrates its 50th year of ...

Description About the Editors Showcasing the substantive and multi-faceted Singapore-China relationship, this book examines the political, econ...

Description About the Author My Journey in Politics: Practical Lessons in Leadership shares the author's journey in Singapore politics from 199...