History

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...

Description About the Series This book discusses the inception, evolution and longevity of the People’s Action Party (PAP), which has governed ...

Description About the Series This is a short account of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, which lasted for from February 1942 to August 194...

Description About the Series Singapore has leveraged on its strategic location and open economy to become a global maritime and logistics centr...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Energy examines the evolving growth of Singapore's energy use and manufacturing. Starting wi...

Description About the Series This book documents the development of civil society in Singapore from the colonial era to the present day. It exa...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Central Provident Fund reflects the economic history and social development of Singapore. CP...

Description This book tells the story of the man who transformed an improbable country into the thriving metropolis it is now. Selected from ov...

Description Every time we use a Singapore bank note, we see his face – the face of Yusof Ishak, the first President of Singapore. But did you k...

Description Praise About the Author Malaysiakini was founded in 1999 by Steven Gan and Premesh Chandran, two young Malaysians who met as overse...

Description Praise About the Author Routes: A Singaporean Memoir 1940-75 is both a personal and public memoir; it is personal as it records par...

Description 'There are some books, which once read, you cannot get completely out of your mind. This is one of them. Whether you are just c...

Description Reporter is an account of John McBeth’s 50-year journey through Asia, more than half of that time as a correspondent for the Far Ea...

Description About the Author The Gardens by the Bay comprises three distinctive waterfront gardens occupying 101 hectares of land by Marina Bay...

Description About the Author The author of Wild Women Do on crimes committed by females in Singapore returns with a new collection on local cri...

Description About the Author As Singapore celebrates its 50th anniversary as a sovereign and independent country, what does it mean to be a Sin...

Description Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas looks back on eight eventful days in 1971 when a group of young reporters staged a historic stri...

Description About the Authors Since the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) was first established in 1981, it has played a valuable role i...

Description About the Author David Marshall was part of the nationalist political struggle after WWII, the first elected chief minister during ...

Description About the Author Singapore is known internationally for its successful economic development. Key to its economic successes is a var...

Description About the Authors On 1 January 2004, the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) came into force. The USSFTA was the result of a...

Description Praise About the Author The British military failure against the Japanese invasion of Singapore in 1942 is a well-documented and cl...

Description About the Author This book describes the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce's changing relationship with the state and with busi...

Description Praise About the Author During the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, the British government sought to avoid escalation of the war in Vi...

Description About the Author This important study of the shifting diplomatic efforts around the response to and resolution of the Vietnamese in...

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

Description About the Authors This book is about the territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore over Pedra Branca, a small but strategi...

Description About the Author The Flemish gem trader Jacques de Coutre visited Southeast Asia in the early 17th century, and his lengthy account...

Description About the Editors English in Singapore provides an up-to-date, detailed and comprehensive investigation into the various issues sur...

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

Description About the Editors Since his undergraduate days in Cambridge, George Yeo has spoken and written much in and out of government. Many ...

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...

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...

Description This book details the findings of a large-scale survey on the values and lifestyles of 1500 Singapore residents in 2001. Semi-struc...

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

Description The conventional understanding of Singapore’s foreign policy can be summarized in three main propositions: first, it is dictated by...

Description Economic analysis of the industrial experiences of the newly industrialized economies in Asia is generally lacking in the literatur...

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

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

Description About the Author My Journey in Politics: Practical Lessons in Leadership shares the author's journey in Singapore politics from 199...

Description Sample Chapter(s)Foreword (35 KB)Scaling Up Safety for the Sake of Self-Determination: Exploring Options to Mediation and Cases of ...

Description About the Editors Changing Landscapes of Singapore illuminates both the social and the physical terrains of modern Singapore. Geogr...

Description About the Author High-quality photographs from the area’s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions...

Description About the Author Frank Swettenham joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1870, aged twenty, and retired in 1903 as Governor of the Str...

Description About the Author Amid political polarization, knowledge and understanding of Thailand’s history have also diverged radically. This ...