History

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

Description Praise About the Author British artists and commentators in the late 18th and early 19th century encoded the twin aspirations of pr...

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

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

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

Description This book tells the story of Singapore’s first experience of defending its legal rights before an international tribunal, the Inter...

Description Contributors Ten world-renowned photographers.Two acclaimed writers.One timeless Himalayan kingdom. Bhutan: Portrait of a Kingdom i...

Description Praise This is the historical memoir of Dr Poh Soo Kai, a medical doctor and a founder member of the People's Action Party. Here he...

Description Get the set here! Foreword by Tommy Koh This volume reflects on the past, present, and future of Singapore's politics and society t...

Description About the Author How should Asean leaders advance the Asean Economic Community? What obstacles does Asia face in managing US-China ...

Description About the Series Singapore is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. This feature gives multiple layers and co...

Description About the Series The story of public housing in Singapore is a unique one. This book chronicles the journey from the early days of ...

Description About the Series This monograph outlines the development of Singapore’s media from the first government-subsidised newspaper to rad...

Description About the Series The term “flora and fauna” refers to the plants and animals found in a particular region. Singapore’s primeval veg...

Description About the Series This book gives a concise account of the Singapore economy, beginning withits origins in the colonial era and cont...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Diplomacy shows how Singapore has dealt with many daunting challenges: separation from Malay...

Description About the Series This book is a history of Singapore from the founding of a settlement by Raffles in 1819, to the post-imperial pha...

Description About the Series A collection of short essays written by the two authors, this book is an unconventional chronicle of the visual ar...

Description A curry puff stall that dates back to the 1950s; homemade desserts sold to make ends meet; immigrants cooking with firewood; itiner...

Description C.V. Devan Nair, the son of a rubber plantation clerk, rose from humble beginnings to become an outstanding union leader, a Member ...

Description About the Editor The essays published here began as a series of lectures commemorating the bicentennial of Thomas Stamford Raffles...

When after three decades of research Singapore could produce its own water, the little city-state was said to have lost its vulnerability. No longe...

Description This book is part of the authors’ continuing research on quality of life issues in Singapore. It builds on past research into the v...

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

Description About the Author At the height of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the foreign relations between the United States and Singapore dem...

Description 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 ...

Description About the Author C.M. (Mary) Turnbull's contributions to historical writing on Singapore extended from her 1962 thesis, published i...

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

Description This little book showcases some particularly Singaporean sights. Included are people, art, architecture, religion, flora and fauna,...

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

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

Description “Baba”, “Nonya”, “Peranakan” and “Straits Chinese” are terms that refer to the descendants of Chinese traders who settled in Southe...

Description This 2009 second edition of the 2000 study of the beliefs of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1923) includes a new afterword by the author. The ext...

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...

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....

Description Praise About the Authors The history of Singapore’s Chinese community is carved in stone and wood: in the epigraphic record of 62 C...

Description In an industry of higher education that measures the longevity of its leading institutions in decades and centuries, the establishm...

Description Praise About the Editors/Translators During World War II, the Japanese government created a research bureau, the Chōsabu, to study ...

Description Praise About the Author Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey is a comprehensive attempt to map the emergence and trajectories of...

Description Praise About the Author “This book impresses me beyond words. Here is a writer driven by passion for the deeds of brave soldiers. A...

Description Get the set here! Foreword by Euston Quah This volume reflects on the past, present, and future of Singapore's economy and society ...

Description In his 60 years as a politician, 31 of them as Prime Minister, Mr Lee delivered thousands of speeches. This book contains 33 that s...

Description Lee Kuan Yew: A Tribute is a keepsake collection of stories on Singapore’s first prime minister, initially published in The Straits...

Description The first in the Great Singapore Stories series comprises 10 books in an attractive collection on the “FOUNDING FATHERS” who were a...

Description About the Series Trade unions hold a special place in Singapore’s history. Occupying different camps on the left and right, unionis...

Description About the Series This book examines the crucial role of trade and investment in Singapore’s economy. Using globalisation as a backd...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Presidency traces the fascinating twists and turns of the relatively short history of the El...