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A love story and a war story, a tragicomic tale of a city under siege and a dying way of life, The Singapore Grip completes the “Empire Trilogy” that began with Troubles and the Booker prize-winning Siege of Krishnapur.
This book looks at British defence and decolonisation in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaya and Singapore, from Singapore's fall in 1942 to 'East of Suez' withdrawal after 1968.
This book is an historical account of India's relations with Singapore, which have reached a new peak today.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005 Wills, John E., Jr. “Maritime China from Wang Chih to Shih Lang: Themes in Peripheral History.” In “Maritime Asia, 1500– 1800, The Interactive Emergence of European Domination,” by Jonathan ...
5 Three successive viceroys of India, Lansdowne, Elgin and Curzon, had been Balliol men and, long after Jowett's time, scores of others, who, like Gimson, lacked family backing or patronage but were not attracted to the church or the ...
The social context of Singapore is changing rapidly, and understanding how people think, feel and behave in various situations has become a key driver of effectiveness in addressing social issues. 50 Years of Social Issues in Singapore ...
This book examines this crucial development, and assesses its likely impact on Singapore society, politics and the state.
This book brings Singapore literature and literary criticism into greater global legibility and charts pathways for future developments.
Michael Barr explores the complex and covert networks of power at work in one of the world's most prosperous countries - the city-state of Singapore.