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Book: Singapore: a biography
Title | Singapore: a biography |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Singapore -- History Singapore -- Biography |
Issue Date | 2009 |
Publisher | Hong Kong University Press; National Museum of Singapore |
Citation | Frost, MR & Balasingamchow, YM. Singapore: a biography. Hong Kong; Singapore: Hong Kong University Press; National Museum of Singapore. 2009 How to Cite? |
Abstract | 'Singapore was not always the orderly and successful city-state that it appears to be now. Over the last seven centuries, the island has undergone several changes of identity. In this entertaining and wide-ranging account, drawn from research undertaken in collaboration with the National Museum of Singapore, Mark Ravinder Frost and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow present Singapore's mercurial life-story as experienced by the people who participated in it.Singapore: A Biography brings together a Ming-dynasty travelogue, 19th-century memoirs and correspondence, modern oral histories and even radio and television broadcasts to reconnect a contemporary audience with the Singapore story.' 'While famous names from Singapore's past take their place, this new story also introduces a cast of lesser known, though no less compelling, historical personalities - from dissenting poets and radical ideologues, to patriotic factory workers and earlyfeminists. The portrait of Singapore that emerges is dashing, lively and multi-layered, and it offers fresh insight into the ruptures and continuities that have made Singaporeans and their nation what they are today.'--BOOK JACKET |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195316 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Frost, MR | - |
dc.contributor.author | Balasingamchow, YM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-28T02:43:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-02-28T02:43:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Frost, MR & Balasingamchow, YM. Singapore: a biography. Hong Kong; Singapore: Hong Kong University Press; National Museum of Singapore. 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9789888028177 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195316 | - |
dc.description.abstract | 'Singapore was not always the orderly and successful city-state that it appears to be now. Over the last seven centuries, the island has undergone several changes of identity. In this entertaining and wide-ranging account, drawn from research undertaken in collaboration with the National Museum of Singapore, Mark Ravinder Frost and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow present Singapore's mercurial life-story as experienced by the people who participated in it.Singapore: A Biography brings together a Ming-dynasty travelogue, 19th-century memoirs and correspondence, modern oral histories and even radio and television broadcasts to reconnect a contemporary audience with the Singapore story.' 'While famous names from Singapore's past take their place, this new story also introduces a cast of lesser known, though no less compelling, historical personalities - from dissenting poets and radical ideologues, to patriotic factory workers and earlyfeminists. The portrait of Singapore that emerges is dashing, lively and multi-layered, and it offers fresh insight into the ruptures and continuities that have made Singaporeans and their nation what they are today.'--BOOK JACKET | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Hong Kong University Press; National Museum of Singapore | - |
dc.subject | Singapore -- History | - |
dc.subject | Singapore -- Biography | - |
dc.title | Singapore: a biography | en_US |
dc.type | Book | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Frost, MR: frostmr@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 178372 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 456 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong; Singapore | - |