Society and Social Sciences

Description From the 1930s to 1965, discussions about modernisation, race and civic responsibility were as common as they are today. The youth ...

Description About the Author At the crossroads of Singapore history, noted public intellectual and entrepreneur Devadas Krishnadas shares his i...

Description About the Author This book tells the story of a young man who failed his PSLE examinations, but through sheer determination, persev...

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 This book is a tribute to the women who have contributed to the growth of Singapore. The women have been selected ...

Description This fourth edition of the social history of the Babas and Nonya makes the seminal work by Felix Chia available again after being l...

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 About the Author This book is an honest no-holds barred biography. Author Jix Sze starts by sharing about the teenage years of his ...

Description About the Author The gamblers interviewed for this book all had one thing in common — they didn’t know what hit them. They thought ...

Description About the Author Seemingly safe on the surface, sunny Singapore has seen its fair share of murders that run the gamut from pre-med...

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 In this latest addition to the highly successful 100 Great Ideas series, readers will find a comprehensive guide f...

Description About the Editors Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? What does...

Description This is a volume of collected stories and vignettes of the extended Hochstadt Clan of Singapore. Singapore’s Hochstadt family was e...

Description About the Author In 2020, Singapore, with the rest of the world was struck by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a difficult time. Peo...

Description About the Author Christina’s family has a rich tradition in singing and as a young girl she was inspired to take up lessons, and to...

Description About the Author Around the world, Asian chefs are making their mark in the culinary arena with their innovative menus and forward-...

Description Praise About the Editors Making Kin: Ecofeminist Essays from Singapore contemplates and re-centres Singapore women in the overlapp...

Description The People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in ...

Description About the Editor Multiculturalism is arguably the X-factor of Singapore’s admired country brand. But while the island republic’s o...

Description The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship benefits from the author's many years of experience as a serial entrepreneur. By mapping hi...

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Description How do we explain to our kids that the playgrounds are closed and that they can only meet their teachers and friends on Zoom? Hear ...

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 An illustrated collection of essays on modern and contemporary Asian art by a key figure of the international contemporary art worl...

Description A much-needed resource on the practice of public art commissions and community engagement through the arts in urban Asia.Distribute...

Description About the Authors Although climate-linked impacts on ASEAN’s economy, increasing vulnerability to severe weather, and interlinkages...

Description Praise About the Editors Inequality is a defining global issue of our times. Southeast Asia stands out in some ways; the 2010s have...

Praise About the Authors “We live in paradoxical times. Traditionally, the West has led the world in theory and practice. Yet, recent developm...

Description About the Author Micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for approximately 97 per cent of all active business e...

Description About the Author One of Singapore’s most prominent performance artists, Lee Wen produced a body of provocative, thought-provoking, ...

Description About the Authors ‘You shouldn’t be with a Chinese girl…that should be my girl,’ a man in Singapore allegedly said this to a Chines...

Description About the Editors Millennials or Generation Y—those born between 1981 and 1996—represent the population cohort who are moving into ...

Description About the Authors After more than a decade of deliberations, ASEAN leaders agreed on 11 November 2022 in principle to admit Timor-L...

Description About the Editor Modern Singapore is the city in a garden, a biophilic and highly managed urban space that is home to a variety of ...

Description Praise Why did Lee do away with vernacular schools despite violent political resistance?Why did he close Nanyang University?Why sta...

Description Winner of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice Awards, Adult Book Category Finalist for Best Non-Fiction Title at the 2018 S...

Description 3rd Prize of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice Awards, Adult Book Category In this volume of fresh essays and published a...

Description Professor S. Jayakumar, a former minister, diplomat and law dean, shares his candid views on many facets of Singapore’s governance,...

Description Praise About the Author How can the social ecosystem transform in the new normal? If a charity is in dire need of cash, should it a...

Description About the Series Historically, Singapore has been home to a myriad of people of Chinese descent, including those whose ancestors mi...

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 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 Singapore Chronicles: Constitution traces the development of Singapore’s Constitution against the framework of Sin...

Description About the Series How can a tiny island defend itself against Goliaths in the region? This book addresses that often-asked question....

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Demography traces the trends and developments in Singapore’s population from the pre-Indepen...

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