Singapore in global history

Globalising the history of Singapore Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied & Derek Heng -- Situating Temaski within the larger regional context : maritime Asia and Malay state formation in the pre-modern era Derek Heng -- The Singapore River : port in a global context Stephen Dobbs -- 'Walls of illu...

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Other Authors: Heng, Derek Thiam Soon (Editor) , Aljunied, Syed Muhd Khairudin (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2011]
Series:ICAS publication series 14
In: ICAS publication series (14)

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Online Access:Verlag, Autorenbiografie: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1206/2011523670-b.html
Verlag, Verlagsangaben: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1206/2011523670-d.html
Verlag, Inhaltsbeschreibung: http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789089643247
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Author Notes:edited by Derek Heng and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied
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Summary:Globalising the history of Singapore Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied & Derek Heng -- Situating Temaski within the larger regional context : maritime Asia and Malay state formation in the pre-modern era Derek Heng -- The Singapore River : port in a global context Stephen Dobbs -- 'Walls of illusion' : information generation in colonial Singapore and the reporting of the Mahdi-Rebellion in Sudan, 1887-1890 Torsten Tschacher -- The littoral and the literary : making moral communities in the Straits Settlements and the Gold Coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Philip Holden -- Social discourse and economic functions : the Singapore Chinese in Japan's southward expansion between 1914 and 1941 Huei-Ying Kuo -- The dynamics of trans-regional business and national politics : the impact of events in China on Fujian-Singapore tea trading networks, 1920-1960 Jason Lim -- Rambutans in the picture : Han Wai Toon and the articulation of space by the overseas Chinese in Singapore Lai Chee Kien -- The global effects of an ethnic riot : Singapore, 1950-1954 Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied -- The British military withdrawal from Singapore and the anatomy of a catalyst Loh Kah Seng -- Bringing the international and transnational back in : Singapore, decolonisation, and the Cold War S.R. Joey Long -- The global and the regional in Lee Kuan Yew's strategic thought : the early Cold War years Ang Cheng Guan -- Brief history of the hub : navigating between 'global' and 'Asian' in Singapore's knowledge economy discourse Leong Yew
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-317)
ISBN:9089643249
9789048514373
9048514371
9789089643247