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History

How did Singapore go "from mudflat to metropolis"? These titles here shed light on the Lion City's social, political and economic growth throughout its history, including the arrival of Raffles and the subsequent colonial era; the violent clash of World War Two; and the quest to build an independent republic and national identity.
  • Squatters into Citizens

    Squatters into Citizens

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    Description About the Author The crowded, bustling, 'squatter' kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Sing...

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  • Rickshaw Coolie

    Rickshaw Coolie

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    Description About the Author Between 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to ser...

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  • Nature's Colony - Localbooks.sg

    Nature's Colony

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

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  • The Asian Modern

    The Asian Modern

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

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  • Southeast Asia in Ruins - Localbooks.sg

    Southeast Asia in Ruins

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    Description 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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  • Singapore's Borderlands

    Singapore's Borderlands

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    Description About the Author The book uses three Indonesian concepts (merantau, malu, liar) to explain the mobility of migrants and tourists on...

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  • Writing Singapore

    Writing Singapore

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    Description About the Editors The first comprehensive historical anthology of English-language writing from Singapore, this volume covers more ...

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  • Southeast Asia Independent Cinema
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    Southeast Asia Independent Cinema

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    Description About the Editor The rise of independent cinema in Southeast Asia and the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers in the region...

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  • Renaissance Singapore?

    Renaissance Singapore?

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    Description About the Editor In this collection, public intellectuals and civil society activists discuss Singapore's public rhetoric about lib...

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  • Guns of February

    Guns of February

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    Description About the Author Guns of February shows the Fall of Singapore and Japan's 1941 military campaign in Malaya through the eyes of Japa...

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  • Writing the South Seas - Localbooks.sg

    Writing the South Seas

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    Description About the Author Postcolonial literature in Chinese from the Nanyang, literally the South Seas, examines the history of Chinese mig...

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  • The AWARE Saga

    The AWARE Saga

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    Description About the Author In March 2009, the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) was briefly taken over by a Christian fact...

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  • Starry Island

    Starry Island

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    Description In 2015, Singapore celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its independence. From its founding as a British colony with no natural r...

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  • Sovereignty and the Sea - Localbooks.sg

    Sovereignty and the Sea

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    Description About the Authors Until the mid-1950s nearly all the waters lying between the far-flung islands of the Indonesian archipelago were ...

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  • Personal Names in Asia

    Personal Names in Asia

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

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  • Paths Not Taken

    Paths Not Taken

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    Description About the Editors Singapore's era of pluralism between the 1950s and 1970s was a time of extraordinary cultural, intellectual and p...

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  • Of Whales and Dinosaurs

    Of Whales and Dinosaurs

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    Description About the Author Officially established in 1878, the natural history collection originally housed at the Raffles Museum now has mor...

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