In Lieu of Ideology : : An Intellectual Biography of Goh Keng Swee /

In Lieu of Ideology : : An Intellectual Biography of Goh Keng Swee / / Ooi Kee Beng.

Born in Malacca in 1918, Dr Goh Keng Swee reached maturity at a time when European colonialism was breathing its last. By the time this keen-eyed Malayan became self-governing Singapore's first Minister of Finance in 1959, he had made a name for himself as the colony's foremost social scie...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Kee Beng, Ooi,
MitwirkendeR:
Beng, Ooi Kee,
Pillay, J.Y.,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (307 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE. The Social Scientist
  • Chapter 1: Pre-War Writings
  • Chapter 2: Social Surveys and Politics
  • PART TWO. The Nation Builder
  • Chapter 3: Practicable Economics
  • Chapter 4: Defending an Island State
  • Chapter 5: Crisis as Opportunity
  • Chapter 6: The Human Element
  • Chapter 7: Education and Knowledge
  • Chapter 8: The Case of China
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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