Singapore : a modern history /
Singapore gained independence in 1965, a city-state in a world of nation-states. Yet its long and complex history reaches much farther back. Blending modernity and tradition, ideologies and ethnicities, a peculiar set of factors make Singapore what it is today. In this thematic study of the island n...
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Let's talk about 1819: reorientating the national narrative
- The idea of Singapore
- Singapore central: the role of location in Singapore's history
- Governance in premodern Singapore
- Governance in modern Singapore, 1867-1965
- Governance in independent Singapore
- The economy: Singapore, still at the centre
- Making modern Singaporeans: People, society and place.