Shaping The Story Of Singapore

Author : Nala H. Lee
Publisher : Singapore Research Nexus
ISBN 13 : 9813300108
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaping the Story of Singapore written by Nala H. Lee and published by Singapore Research Nexus. This book was released on with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaping the Story of Singapore Volume III features 32 projects on Singapore and the region that are led by FASS faculty members. Representing 12 Departments–Chinese Studies; Communications and New Media; Economics; English, Linguistics, and Theatre Studies; Geography; History; Japanese Studies; Malay Studies; Political Science; Psychology; Social Work; and Sociology and Anthropology–this volume reveals how academic research in the humanities and social sciences can help us better understand Singapore and its neighbours.

Author : Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789811411526
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaping the Story of Singapore written by Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Farrell
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9971695650
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Churchill and the Lion City written by Brian Farrell and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British imperialism helped shaped the modern world order. This same imperialism created modern Singapore, controlling its colonial development and influencing its post-colonial orientation. Winston Churchill was British imperialism's most significant twentieth century statesman. He never visited Singapore, but his story and that of the city-state are deeply intertwined. Singapore became a symbol of British imperial power in Asia to Churchill, while Singaporeans came to see him as symbolizing that power. The fall of Singapore to Japanese conquest in 1942 was a low point in Churchill's war leadership, one he forever labeled by calling it 'the worst disaster in British military history.' It was also a tragedy for Singapore, ushering in three years of harsh military occupation. But the interplay between these three historical forces, Churchill, Empire, and Singapore, extended well beyond this dramatic conjuncture. The Last Lion and the Lion City provides a critical examination of that longer interplay through an analysis of Churchill's understanding of empire, his perceptions of Singapore and its imperial role, his direction of affairs regarding Singapore and the Empire, his influence on the subsequent relationship between Britain and Singapore.

Author : Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415657822
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Singapore Water Story written by Cecilia Tortajada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the journey of Singapore ́s development and the fundamental role that water has had in shaping it. What makes this case so unique is that the quest for self-sufficiency in terms of water availability in a fast-changing urban context has been crucial to the way development policies and agendas have been planned throughout the years.

Author : Michael D. Barr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178673527X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singapore written by Michael D. Barr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore gained independence in 1965, a city-state in a world of nation-states. Yet its long and complex history reaches much farther back. Blending modernity and tradition, ideologies and ethnicities, a peculiar set of factors make Singapore what it is today. In this thematic study of the island nation, Michael D. Barr proposes a new approach to understand this development. From the pre-colonial period through to the modern day, he traces the idea, the politics and the geography of Singapore over five centuries of rich history. In doing so he rejects the official narrative of the so-called 'Singapore Story'. Drawing on in-depth archival work and oral histories, Singapore: A Modern History is a work both for students of the country's history and politics, but also for any reader seeking to engage with this enigmatic and vastly successful nation.

Author : Jeevan Vasagar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643139355
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lion City written by Jeevan Vasagar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-state. In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia's first globalised city. Lion City examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed 'Disneyland with the death penalty'. Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and definitive guide to the city, and how its extraordinary rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.

Author : Anthony Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789810839291
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Honouring the Past, Shaping the Future written by Anthony Green and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : S. C. Y. Luk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135101904X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singapore after Lee Kuan Yew written by S. C. Y. Luk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses key questions about how Singapore is likely to develop going forward, what are the key challenges facing the state, and how is the government going to deal with these matters. The book shows how important Lee Kuan Yew and subsequent individual leaders have been in shaping Singapore, and goes on to consider specific new challenges, including rapid population growth, migration and a changing population mix, the rise of China and possible shifts in the regional balance of power, and anxieties about the economy and an increasing global backlash against the neo-liberal free trade regime. It considers key areas of economic policy, social policy, and foreign policy, and explores the changing nature of governance. It also examines the Singapore government's effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. Overall, the book provides a concise, comprehensive assessment of the current state of Singapore and its likely future direction.

Author : Fook Kwang Han
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789814827416
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lee Kuan Yew written by Fook Kwang Han and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cecilia Tortajada
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135125899
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Singapore Water Story written by Cecilia Tortajada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore ́s journey during the past 45 years is an outstanding example that, in spite of multiple hardships, pragmatic policies, clear visions, long-term planning, forward-looking strategies and political will, as well as a relentless urge to improve, can result in strong foundations for sustainable development. This book describes the journey of Singapore ́s development and the fundamental role that water has had in shaping it. What makes this case so unique is that the quest for self-sufficiency in terms of water availability in a fast-changing urban context has been crucial to the way development policies and agendas have been planned throughout the years. The authors analyse plans, policies, institutions, laws and regulations, water demand and water supply strategies, water quality and water conservation considerations, partnerships and importance of the media. They assess overall how all these issues have evolved in response to the dynamic needs of the city-state. The study of Singapore shows how a dynamic society can address development without losing its focus on the environment. In the city-state, environmental concerns in general, and water concerns in particular, have played a major role in its transformation from a third word to a first world country. How and why this transformation took place is the main focus of this authoritative book.