Singapore in global history / / edited by Derek Heng and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied.
Singapore in Global History' explores Singapore's past and present through the lens of global history. It analyses Singapore as a city-state and adds an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of its growth. The studies presented here demonstrate that Singapore's history and growth...
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| Superior document: | ICAS publications series edited volumes ; 14 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | ICAS publication series. Edited volumes ;
14. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (317 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021). |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables and Illustrations
- Foreword
- 1. Globalising the History of Singapore / Aljunied, Syed Muhd Khairudin / Heng, Derek
- 2. Situating Temasik within the Larger Regional Context: Maritime Asia and Malay State Formation in the Pre-Modern Era / Heng, Derek
- 3. The Singapore River/Port in a Global Context / Dobbs, Stephen
- 4. 'Walls of Illusion': Information Generation in Colonial Singapore and the Reporting of the Mahdi-Rebellion in Sudan, 1887-1890 / Tschacher, Torsten
- 5. The Littoral and the Literary: Making Moral Communities in the Straits Settlements and the Gold Coast in the late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century / Holden, Philip
- 6. Social Discourse and Economic Functions: The Singapore Chinese in Japan's Southward Expansion between 1914 and 1941 / Kuo, Huei-Ying
- 7. The Dynamics of Trans-Regional Business and National Politics: The Impact of Events in China on Fujian-Singapore Tea Trading Networks, 1920-1960 / Lim, Jason
- 8. Rambutans in the Picture: Han Wai Toon and the Articulation of Space by the Overseas Chinese in Singapore / Kien, Lai Chee
- 9. The Global Effects of an Ethnic Riot: Singapore, 1950-1954 / Khairudin Aljunied, Syed Muhd
- 10. The British Military Withdrawal from Singapore and the Anatomy of a Catalyst / Seng, Loh Kah
- 11. Bringing the International and Transnational back in: Singapore, Decolonisation, and the Cold War / Long, S.R. Joey
- 12. The Global and the Regional in Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought: The Early Cold War Years / Guan, Ang Cheng
- 13. A Brief History of the Hub: Navigating between 'Global' and 'Asian' in Singapore's Knowledge Economy Discourse / Yew, Leong
- About the Contributors
- Bibliography