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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.
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Constructing Singapore

    Constructing Singapore

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    Description Constructing Singapore studies Singaporean nation-building by focusing on two processes: elite formation and elite selection. It gi...

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  • 《星洲星光——现代旅人手记》章星虹

    星洲星光

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    Description Praise Shortlisted for Singapore Literature Prize 2018, Creative Non-Fiction 南来文化人与这个南洋小岛,有过一段怎样的生命交集因缘? 在新加坡这个现代都会,还有哪些几为人们遗忘的文化历史...

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  • 建构南洋儿童:战后新马华语儿童刊物及文化研究 徐兰君 李丽丹 主编

    建构南洋儿童

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    Description “儿童”是建构历史和文化的重要概念及方法。 本论文集以战后新马地区出版和发行的儿童期刊以及教科书等为主要研究对象,结合口述采访、本地书局历史和原始档案资料,在将“南洋儿童”概念历史化的同时,重点分析其发展变化与本地区新兴的反殖民话语、民族国家的兴起、新马与香港之...

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  • Inspirations of a Nation

    Inspirations of a Nation

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    Description This book pays tribute to 25 Singaporean South Asians who pioneered and excelled in their respective fields from 1950 to 2015. It i...

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  • INTRACO

    INTRACO

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    Description About the Author Through the lens of the now-defunct Singapore government-linked company (GLC) called International Trading Company...

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  • S R Nathan

    S R Nathan

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    Description Few people have watched the development of today's Singapore as closely as President S.R. Nathan, who celebrated his 90th birthday ...

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  • Founding Fathers

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    Description Founding Fathers is a handy series featuring 10 must-know individuals who were at the beginning of the Great Adventure of Independe...

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  • Lee's Legacy

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    Description Compiled for the first time in Lee’s Legacy, this selection of incisive viewpoints displays a wide range of perspectives on Mr Lee’...

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  • Lee Kuan Yew: A Tribute

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

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