Remembering the Samsui Women. Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China.
Singapore. NUS Press. 2015. 252pp, index, paperback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 155912. More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2015. 252pp, index, paperback. When referring to this item please quote stockid 155912. More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2013. Maps, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, ix + 491pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Beneath the modern skyscrapers of Singapore lie the remains of a much older trading port, prosperous and cosmopolitan and a key node in the maritime Silk Road. This book synthesizes 25 years..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2016. Second Edition. Black and white illustrations, 312pp, bibliography, index, paperback. This book documents the development of psychiatry in Singapore since its humble beginnings in the British colonial period. It should be of interest to health professionals, medical students, historians interested in the development of medicine and..... More
Malaysia: Ridge Books, 2019. 60 color plates, 377pp, paperback. For most people in Singapore, having a job is just a fact of life. But that simple fact encompasses a wide range of experiences. Have you ever really considered what workers do on a daily basis and how they feel about..... More
Singapore. ISEAS. 2012. xix + 362 pages, index, bibliography, appendix, paperback. The third edition of this book presents a most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of population trends and patterns in Singapore since its foundation in 1819 to the present day. Separate chapters are devoted to population growth and distribution, changing..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2011. xii + 283 pages, index, glossary, abbreviations, paperback. "During the last decade, many changes have taken place in the Singapore financial marketplace. The Monetary Authority of Singapore has implemented numerous reforms to liberalize the financial services sector. Since 2002, two new laws have come into effect..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2015. Map, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 266pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Officially established in 1878, the natural history collection originally housed at the Raffles Museum now has more than 560,000 specimens in its care, one of the largest collections of Southeast Asian plants and..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2012. ix + 261 pages, index, bibliography, paperback. C.M. (Mary) Turnbull's contributions to historical writing on Singapore extended from her 1962 thesis, published in 1972 as "The Straits Settlements, 1826-67: Indian Presidency to Crown Colony", to her magisterial history of Singapore, first published in 1977 and re-issued..... More
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2010. ix + 108 pages, black and white photographic illustrations, index, paperback. Professor K.G. Tregonning's anecdotal memoir of his years as a member of the Department of History in the University of Singapore, culminating as Raffles Professor, captures the mood and milieu of Singapore as the..... More
Singapore: NUS Press, 2017. Black and white illustrations, 130pp, paperback. "Born in the Year of the Fire Tiger, Ann Wee moved to Singapore in 1950 to marry into a Singaporean Chinese family, entering into a new world of cultural expectations and domestic rituals. She went on to become a pioneer..... More
Singapore: NUS Press, 2017. xvii + 279pp, index, bibliography, paperback. At the height of the Cold War in Southeast Asia, the foreign relations between the United States and Singapore demonstrated the interplay between America's strategy of containment and Singapore's efforts at a non-aligned foreign policy. But there is a deeper..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2009. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxviii +546 pages, index, bibliography, paperback. Singapore underwent substantial changes during the 14-year tenure of the country's second Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong (1990-2004). Coming after many years of growth and stability, the period brought to office a new generation of..... More