History

Description About the Author Little Drops: Cherished Children of Singapore’s Past is a compilation of biographies based on historical fact abou...

Description About the Author These are the unpublished stories about the stories that you may have read in Singapore newspapers over the years....

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

Description About the Author The fourth edition of the popular pictorial book contains over 120 new photographs with updates to existing places...

Description Contributors & Editors: Maj. Yap Siang Yong, Romen Bose, Angeline Pang, Kuldip Singh, Lisa Lim, Germain Foo This latest edition...

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

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

Description Praise About the Author Singapore is renowned for the delightful cuisines that can be found in its hawker centres. Travellers heral...

Description Praise About the Author In this wonderfully detailed narrative, Daryl Yeap brings us the fascinating story of Hui-lan, Ida and Lucy...

Description Praise About the Author & Translator Dakota 达哥打 by Wong Koi Tet, winner of the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize (Chinese Creativ...

Description About the Author and Illustrator A graphic novel that celebrates the visionary man behind the Jurong Industrial Estate and one of t...

Description About the Editor Income inequality has become a global phenomenon. Rapid technological advancement and an expanding global workforc...

Description Old Singapore was an eclectic trade emporium, where an ethnically and culturally diverse populace coalesced, and sometimes clashed,...

Description About the Editors Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore’s first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore’s first ind...

Description Lee’s Lieutenants: Singapore’s Old Guard was a national non-fiction bestseller when it was first published in 1999. Now this semina...

Description Praise About the Author In 1998, the Belitung, a ninth-century western Indian Ocean–style vessel, was discovered in Indonesian wate...

Description About the Editor Since 1965, Singapore has been propelled to the dizzying heights of first-world prosperity. Yet, the People's Acti...

Description The year 2019 marks Singapore's Bicentennial milestone since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore in 1819. It was in an...

Description About the Editor Written Country intriguingly reconstructs the history of modern Singapore through fifty defining moments from the ...

Description About the Author Comprehensive modern history of Singapore, from C16 to present. Michael D. Barr is Associate Professor in Inter...

Description Batik: Makers and Wearers explores the rich history and culture of batik and batik making, from its traditional roots to contempora...

Description About the Author “Unfortunately, some important people... such as Tay Seow Huah, had died before interviewers could get to them.” L...

Description About the Author Teochew-speaking gambier and pepper farmers were early settlers of Singapore at the turn of the 19th century. Wak ...

Description About the Author Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast...

Description About the Author A sheltered young prince leaves his palace to discover the world outside. How does his journey begin and end? The ...

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

Description Praise About the Author OUT OF PRINT Look inside the book The Japanese Occupation in Singapore was a part of the theatre of the Asi...

Description Get a blast of the past! Savour old-time tastes such as the original roadside laksa and check out the hangouts of the good old days...

Description Praise About the Author The first and only account that tells the story from the Sepoy's perspective. The other accounts have the w...

Description He was a well-known doctor and professor, and was one of the leading names in obstetrics and gynaecology in Singapore for decades. ...

Description About the Authors Khairat Kita documents the last few remaining Malay/Muslim Mutual Benefit Organisations (MMBOs) providing aid an...

Description This book accompanies a special exhibition of Edo-period Japanese woodblock prints and contemporary photographs of Japan by Singapo...

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 Praise About the Authors Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2018, Book of the Year Robert Kuok is one of the most highly respected bus...

Description This book traces the development of stand-alone residential architecture in Singapore from its early days as a colony to the presen...

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

Description About the Authors First detailed account of the life of one of Singapore’s pioneers – a landowner, merchant and philanthropist Viv...

Description Praise About the Author Mentioned by Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Fourth Prime Minister, in an interview S. Rajaratnam, one of Singap...

Description About the Author A lecturer turned banker, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam never expected to become a politician, much less a president. Chall...

Description Praise About the Author Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore analyses Singapore’s decolonisation movement between 1953 and 1...

Description “Why did I insist on Singaporeans all needing to learn their mother tongue? For the Chinese, why did I insist that they learn Chine...

Description About the Author In 1890, a teenage Tan Kah Kee left his hometown in Jimei, Fujian, embarking on a journey towards Singapore to joi...

Description About the Author Cartoonist Morgan Chua delves into the brief but rich history of Singapore the city state. Backed by years of astu...

Description This book presents a clear and concise introduction to 100 common herbs of the region, highlighting their fascinating uses in tradi...

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

Description Praise About the Author For three-and-a-half bleak years during World War II, Japan occupied Malaya and Singapore, transforming a o...

Description About the Author Everything you might want to know about Kent Ridge in one book. This book helps you look beneath the shiny exterio...

Description About the Author In 2015, Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence. This book covers the complex historical forces...