An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Teochews in Singapore
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View full detailsDescription About the Author In 2009, the family of the late Lee Kip Lin donated to the National Library Board, Singapore over 14,500 slides an...
View full detailsDescription Brimming with verve and dramatic incident, this title offers insights into the life story of this Singapore island city-state throu...
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 Now released in a new, convenient and handy size, Over Singapore: 50 Years Ago is a view of old Singapore from a new angle. Many of...
View full detailsDescription About the Editor The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in variou...
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View full detailsDescription About the Authors Place names tell us much about a country — its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-ima...
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View full detailsDescription Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which ...
View full detailsDescription This is a volume of collected stories and vignettes of the extended Hochstadt Clan of Singapore. Singapore’s Hochstadt family was e...
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View full detailsDescription About the Author From private meetings in living rooms in the 1990s to the emergence of annual rallies and decriminalization campai...
View full detailsDescription About the Author One of the pivotal figures in the modern history of Southeast Asia, Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015. ...
View full detailsDescription Wartime Kitchen: Food And Eating In Singapore (1942-1950) examines the experience of people during the period following the fall of...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Shortlisted for Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Illustrated Non-Fiction Title To the generation of Singapore resi...
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 Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...
View full detailsDescription Decoration and Symbolism in Chinese Architecture unlocks the hidden meanings behind the decorative symbols and architectural design...
View full detailsDescription About the Author The crowded, bustling, 'squatter' kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Sing...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Between 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to ser...
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 Editor Since 1965, Singapore has been propelled to the dizzying heights of first-world prosperity. Yet, the People's Acti...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Provides a comprehensive portrayal of S. Rajaratnam - one of Singapore's outstanding leaders who played a crucial ...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast...
View full detailsDescription About the Author Rebuilding the Ancestral Village examines the relationship between one group of Singaporean Chinese and their ance...
View full detailsAbout the Author This new book by Artist and Illustrator Lorette. E Roberts is a pictorial travelogue of her sketches, comments and paintings o...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author The first and only account that tells the story from the Sepoy's perspective. The other accounts have the w...
View full detailsDescription This book traces the development of stand-alone residential architecture in Singapore from its early days as a colony to the presen...
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 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...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author For three-and-a-half bleak years during World War II, Japan occupied Malaya and Singapore, transforming a o...
View full detailsDescription About the Author In 2015, Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence. This book covers the complex historical forces...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author This book documents the development of psychiatry in Singapore since its humble beginnings in the British ...
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View full detailsDescription About the Author Choo Seng Quee is arguably Singapore's greatest football coach. He brought Singapore football to great heights, es...
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View full detailsDescription About the Editors Singapore's Real Estate: 50 Years of Transformation documents the transformation and development of the real esta...
View full detailsDescription Praise About the Author Even small states can have grand strategies. Singapore, despite its poor natural resource endowment, small ...
View full detailsDescription Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015 at the age of 92. This book, which was first published in 1998, tells the story of his li...
View full detailsDescription About the Author In this fully updated, third edition of Crossroads, Jim Baker adds new information following recent government ele...
View full detailsDescription About the Author This book is a tribute to the women who have contributed to the growth of Singapore. The women have been selected ...
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View full detailsDescription About the Editor Far from being a melting pot, multi-racial Singapore prides itself on the richness of its ethnic communities and c...
View full detailsDescription About the Authors The People's Action Party's unbroken mandate to rule in Singapore rests in no small part on how it has explained ...
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 Praise About the Author British artists and commentators in the late 18th and early 19th century encoded the twin aspirations of pr...
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