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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.
  • Burn After Dawn

    S$22.50

    Description Praise About the Author From the gap of two generations, a young Singaporean poet interrogates the victors, vanquished and victims ...

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  • The Prosecutor
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    The Prosecutor

    S$23.00

    Description About the Author Glenn Knight was Singapore's first Director of Commercial Affairs and Deputy Public Prosecutor until his illustrio...

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    S$23.00
  • 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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  • Our Lives to Live

    Our Lives to Live

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    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...

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  • Singapore's Real Estate

    Singapore's Real Estate

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

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  • Once Upon a Times House

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    Description The Business Times: Once Upon a Times House … Singapore’s veteran editors, journalists tell their stories Once Upon a Times House ...

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  • Crossroads (3rd Edition)

    Crossroads (3rd Edition)

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    Description About the Author In this fully updated, third edition of Crossroads, Jim Baker adds new information following recent government ele...

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  • Singapore Mutiny

    Singapore Mutiny

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    Description About the Author 'Chinese New Year 1915 will long be remembered in the Straits Settlements,' write Edwin and Mary Brown in their ex...

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  • Short Circuits

    Short Circuits

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    Description About the Author This collection of occasional reflections is a first by one of Singapore’s most distinguished poets. Exploring how...

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  • Serving Singapore

    S$36.00

    Description This book by a pioneer generation civil servant is a fascinating and an engaging account of Singapore's spectacular development fro...

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  • Writing Singapore

    Writing Singapore

    S$48.00

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

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    S$48.00
  • The Asian Modern

    The Asian Modern

    S$38.00

    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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  • 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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  • Chinese Eminent People - Localbooks.sg

    Chinese Eminent People

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    Description Chinese Eminent Peoples, we look at the lives of more than 100 of the greatest and most famous achievers in all of Chinese history....

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  • Tan Lark Sye

    Tan Lark Sye

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

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  • Singapore 2065

    Singapore 2065

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    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...

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  • Lion of Singapore

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    Description About the Author Singapore has been known as the Lion City since the late 13th century when it was discovered by Sumatran Prince Sa...

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  • Independence The History of Graphic Design in Singapore since the 1960s Book Cover
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    Independence

    S$49.00

    Initiated by H55’s Creative Director, Hanson Ho and produced in collaboration with researcher-writer Justin Zhuang, INDEPENDENCE is the first book ...

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