Secret societies in Singapore : featuring the William Stirling collection
Digitised Book 18.117.120.35 (0)
1999
Information About
The book provides information on the history of Chinese secret societies, mainly in Singapore but also in China. The first section of the book is packed with historical facts and archival photos while the second section features the catalogue of the William Stirling Collection.
Additional Details
- Creators
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- Lim, Irene
- Subject
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- Stirling, W. G. (William George)
- Singapore History Museum--Catalogs
- Secret societies--Singapore--Catalogs
- Chinese--Singapore--Societies, etc.--Catalogs
- Publisher
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- National Heritage Board, Singapore History Museum, 1999
- National Library Board Singapore, 1999
- Contributors
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- Digital Description
- application/pdf, col. ill.
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- Root of the Ghee Hin Kongsi -- The arrival of the Chinese in Singapore -- Ghee Hin -- Kongsi: The first secret society in Singapore -- The economic dominance of the Ghee Hin Kongsi -- Rivalry and struggle: the proliferation of secret societies from the 1840s -- Riots: the clash of the secret societies -- Policing the secret societies -- Suppression and a rise in gangsterism -- A final clamp down -- Introduction to the William Stirling Collection -- The collection -- Altar paraphernalia -- Seals -- Membership certificates, notices, forms and receipts -- Illustrations and folios -- Conservation of the William Stirling Collection --Transliteration of names of secret societies, people and secret society terms -- Singapore History Museum accession numbers.
- Edition
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- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.