Diaspora at war : the Chinese of Singapore between empire and nation, 1937-1945 / / by Ernest Koh.

• Author: Koh, Ernest.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Chinese Overseas 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Much of what has been written on Singapore's wartime past is set against the Japanese invasion and occupation of the island. In Diaspora at War: The Chinese of Singapore between Empire and Nation 1937 - 1945 , Ernest Koh maps a war history that is far wider in geographical and temporal scope. From the skies over Western Europe and the Mediterranean to the Burma Road, from the Atlantic Ocean to the cities of China, individuals and small groups of Chinese from the British colony worked, fought, and flew in a variety of fighting and labour units. Drawing from oral history accounts and archival sources, Koh recovers a rich and insightful historical reality that has long been submerged under the weight of a teleological national narrative.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nation, Remembrance, and Singapore’s Second World Wars -- 3. B ritain, China, and the Creation of Chinese Diasporas in Malaya -- 4. The Sino-Japanese War -- Plates -- 5. The Imperial War -- 6. The Pacific War -- 7. Forgotten Frames -- Bibliography -- Index.