Singapore. NUS Press. 2020. ix + 127pp, bibliography. Paperback. "The name of Thomas Stamford Raffles continues to be a mark of prestige in Singapore, more than 200 years after he first established a British factory on the island. Not one but two statues of Raffles stand tall in prominent sites..... More
Malaysia: Ridge Books, 2019. 23 halftones, 2 maps, 2 tables, 264pp, paperback. The environmental turn in the humanities and social sciences has meant a new focus on the history of animals. This is one of the first books to look across species at animals in a colonial, urban society. If..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2008. xiv + 306pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Paths Not Taken explores the political and cultural movements that characterized Singapore's era of pluralism from the 1950s to the mid-1970s, a time of extraordinary cultural, intellectual, and political dynamism when students, labor unions, ambitious political contenders, and representatives of..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2022. Maps, black & white photographic plates, x + 208pp, bibliography, index. Paperback. "A balanced, sensitive study of the history of comfort women in Singapore during World War II. "Comfort women" or ianfu is the euphemism used by the Japanese military for the women they compelled to..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2015. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 125pp, glossary, list of place names, bibliography. The Flemish gem trader Jacques de Coutre visited Southeast Asia in the early 17th century, and his lengthy account of his experiences provides a glimpse of Singapore, Johor and the Straits..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2016. 242pp, glossary, list of place names, bibliography, index. Paperback. "Few authors have as much to say about Singapore and Johor in the early 17th century as Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge (c.1570‒1632). This admiral of the Dutch East India Company sailed to Asia in 1605 and besieged..... More
Singapore. Graham Brash. 2001. [Reprint]. Numerous colour plates, 247pp, indices, glossy hardback. (New Book) This book gives clear descriptions of over ninety species of birds which are accompanied by field notes and the malay names of the birds. A useful guide for any bird watcher. When referring to this item..... More
Milson's Point. Alfred Street Press. 2021. Black & white and colour illustrations, 164pp, bibliography. Paperback. "The life of Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski reads like an adventure story, an adventure story that could be written by somebody like Joseph Conrad. The young Conrad dreamed of a life at sea, he eventually..... More
Two charts, xxviii + 495pp, index, paperback. Singapore had to build a military from scratch starting in 1965, with compulsory national service introduced in 1967. This is the story of the Singapore Armed Forces in the form of a collective portrait of its leaders. Tens of thousands of Singaporeans (overwhelmingly..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2014. 215pp, appendices, notes, references, index, paperback. From private meetings in living rooms in the 1990s to the emergence of annual rallies and decriminalization campaigns in the past six years,Singapore's gay rights activists have sought equality and justice in a state that does not recognize their rights..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2019. Map, striking black and white plates throughout, hardback in dustjacket. 26 x 28.5cm Marjorie Doggett’s Singapore, an evocative interplay of photos and texts, forms a tribute to a pioneer woman photographer, Marjorie Doggett. From 1954 - 57, camera in hand, she roamed Singapore’s colonial precincts, its..... More
Singapore. NUS Press, 2020. xvii + 166pp, paperback. Singapore, Rock City. On any given day in the basement of Peninsula Plaza, a shopping mall in central Singapore, Singaporeans of different ethnicities and ages can be found imagining and living a way of life through music. Based on five years of..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2012. xiii + 272 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. For several decades, the city-state of Singapore has been an international anomaly, combining an advanced, open economy with restrictions on civil liberties and press freedom. Freedom from the Press analyses the republic's media system, showing how it has..... More
Singapore: NUS Press, 2018. Colour and black and white illustrations, 408pp, index, paperback. Historians rely on Singapore's strategic position to explain its great success as a royal trading port in the 14th century, and as a British colony after 1819. What, then, accounts for the many centuries when it seemed..... More
Malaysia. Ridge Books. 2022. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 182pp, sources, index, paperback. "In 1985 when John Drysdale published one of the first books on the political history of independent Singapore, George E. Bogaars wrote to his daughter with typical understatement, "I feature in it a bit." Bogaars..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2020. Black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 238pp, index, hardback in dustjacket. We came into the public service... at a time when there were only two choices – do or die – hrh Herman Hochstadt, or hrh as he is better known, joined the civil service..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2022. xiii + 782 pages, hardback in dustjacket. "The People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in power continuously since Singapore gained self-rule in 1959. Such longevity is the product of an institution that is itself dynamic and..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 344 pages, 230mm x 160mm Paperback, colour plates, maps, tables, index, bibliography, natural history. Everything you might want to know about Kent Ridge in one book. Kent Ridge, a corner of Singapore island, has been home to the National University of Singapore (NUS) since the 1980s, but..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 352 pages, 229mm x 152mm Las Vegas in Singapore looks at the collision of the histories of Singapore and Las Vegas in the form of Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore’s two Integrated Resorts. The first history begins in colonial Singapore in the 1880s, when British administrators..... More
Singapore. Editions Didier Millet. 2009. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 380 pages, indices, quarto, dustjacket. This title presents a superbly illustrated, comprehensive, and thoroughly entertaining history of modern Singapore's first fifty years. This lavishly illustrated volume captures the entire dramatic sweep of Singapore's modern history - from its..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2013. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxvii + 315 pp, index, bibliography, glossary, paperback. "The crowded, bustling, 'squatter' kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Singapore, leaving few visible traces of their historical influence on the life in the city-state. In one such..... 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. 2021. Black and white photographic illustrations, 289pp, index, paperback. "The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is one of the most successful agreements to govern the global commons. If it is a constitution for the oceans, Satya Nandan is one of the founders..... 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