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Singapore in Global History / ed. by Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied, Derek Heng.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: ICAS Publications ; 14Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (317 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789048514373
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 959.57
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Foreword -- 1. Globalising the History of Singapore -- 2. Situating Temasik within the Larger Regional Context: Maritime Asia and Malay State Formation in the Pre-Modern Era -- 3. The Singapore River/Port in a Global Context -- 4. 'Walls of Illusion': Information Generation in Colonial Singapore and the Reporting of the Mahdi-Rebellion in Sudan, 1887-1890 -- 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 -- 6. Social Discourse and Economic Functions: The Singapore Chinese in Japan's Southward Expansion between 1914 and 1941 -- 7. The Dynamics of Trans-Regional Business and National Politics: The Impact of Events in China on Fujian-Singapore Tea Trading Networks, 1920-1960 -- 8. Rambutans in the Picture: Han Wai Toon and the Articulation of Space by the Overseas Chinese in Singapore -- 9. The Global Effects of an Ethnic Riot: Singapore, 1950-1954 -- 10. The British Military Withdrawal from Singapore and the Anatomy of a Catalyst -- 11. Bringing the International and Transnational back in: Singapore, Decolonisation, and the Cold War -- 12. The Global and the Regional in Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought: The Early Cold War Years -- 13. A Brief History of the Hub: Navigating between 'Global' and 'Asian' in Singapore's Knowledge Economy Discourse -- About the Contributors -- Bibliography
Summary: 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 have implications that extend to Southeast Asia and the world. This book will be of interest to economists, sociologists and political scientists, as well as those interested in imperial history, business history, and networks.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Foreword -- 1. Globalising the History of Singapore -- 2. Situating Temasik within the Larger Regional Context: Maritime Asia and Malay State Formation in the Pre-Modern Era -- 3. The Singapore River/Port in a Global Context -- 4. 'Walls of Illusion': Information Generation in Colonial Singapore and the Reporting of the Mahdi-Rebellion in Sudan, 1887-1890 -- 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 -- 6. Social Discourse and Economic Functions: The Singapore Chinese in Japan's Southward Expansion between 1914 and 1941 -- 7. The Dynamics of Trans-Regional Business and National Politics: The Impact of Events in China on Fujian-Singapore Tea Trading Networks, 1920-1960 -- 8. Rambutans in the Picture: Han Wai Toon and the Articulation of Space by the Overseas Chinese in Singapore -- 9. The Global Effects of an Ethnic Riot: Singapore, 1950-1954 -- 10. The British Military Withdrawal from Singapore and the Anatomy of a Catalyst -- 11. Bringing the International and Transnational back in: Singapore, Decolonisation, and the Cold War -- 12. The Global and the Regional in Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought: The Early Cold War Years -- 13. A Brief History of the Hub: Navigating between 'Global' and 'Asian' in Singapore's Knowledge Economy Discourse -- About the Contributors -- Bibliography

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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 have implications that extend to Southeast Asia and the world. This book will be of interest to economists, sociologists and political scientists, as well as those interested in imperial history, business history, and networks.

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