Singapore, a 700-year history : from early emporium to world city



Digitised Book 3.141.202.105 (0)

2009

Singapore, a 700-year history : from early emporium to world city

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This book presents a comprehensive re-telling of the history of Singapore from local perspective. The authors argues that the history of Singapore started five hundred years earlier before the arrival of Stamford Raffles. The book fills in the gaps of much of Singapore's history from pre-Raffles past to ancient Temasek to the 19th century and then traces the transformation of the nation from port-city to city-state and to nation-state plugged into regional and international trends.

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Singapore, a 700-year history : from early emporium to world city
This book presents a comprehensive re-telling of the history of Singapore from local perspective. The authors argues that the history of Singapore started five hundred years earlier before the arrival of Stamford Raffles. The book fills in the gaps of much of Singapore's history from pre-Raffles past to ancient Temasek to the 19th century and then traces the transformation of the nation from port-city to city-state and to nation-state plugged into regional and international trends.

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Creators
Kwa, Chong Guam
Heng, Derek Thiam Soon
Tan, Tai Yong
Subject
Singapore--History
Publisher
National Library Board Singapore, 2009
National Archives of Singapore, 2009
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill. (some col.)
Table of Contents
defending port-city and empire -- The British ”Grand Design’', local politics and the formation of Malaysia -- Separation -- Responding to separation -- Aspiring to global city status -- Conclusion -- Index.
Copyright
All rights reserved. Kwa Chong Guan, Derek Heng, Tan Tai Yong, National Archives of Singapore, 2009