Singapore : two hundred years of the Lion city /: two hundred years of the Lion city. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited By Anthony Webster, Nicholas J. White.
• Other Names: Webster, Anthony; White, Nicholas J, 1967-
• Contents: 1 Introduction: Situating Singapore’s Success, Anthony Webster and Nicholas J. White; PART ONE: SINGAPORE – GROWTH, TRADE & ECONOMY; 2 The origins of Singapore’s economic prosperity, c. 1800-1874, Atsushi Kobayashi; 3 Made in Singapore: ‘Good Steady Scotsmen’, the Lion City and London, 1820s-1870s, G. Roger Knight; 4 Trade, Finance, and the ‘Anglo-Dutch’ International Order in Southeast Asia: the Case of the British Eastern Exchange Banks, 1870-90, Tomotaka Kawamura; 5 Singapore, Global City ante litteram in early 20th century Southeast Asia, Valeria Giacomin; 6 Singapore during the World War II Japanese Occupation, Gregg Huff and Gillian Huff; 7 The Economics of Singapore’s Exit from Malaysia, Nicholas J. White; PART TWO – SINGAPORE – POLITICS, CULTURE & IDENTITY; 8 Singapore, the Straits Settlements & the Politics of Imperial Commerce, 1819-1867, Anthony Webster; 9 Mediators, Migrants and Memories of Colonial Singapore: The Life and Legacy of Seah Eu Chin, Stan Neal; 10 Liverpool in the relational remaking of Singapore: Global city routes and Malay seafaring mobilities, Tim Bunnell; 11 Experts in the Making of Singapore, Kah Seng Loh; 12 ‘The Gibraltar of the East’? Singapore and other fortress colonies during the Second World War, A.J. Stockwell; 13 Temasek, Singapore, and Modern National Identity Construction, John Miksic; 14 Stamford Raffles and James Brooke: Colonial Legacies and (post)colonial tourism?, Donna Brunero
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 959.57; Singapore -- History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351020466; 1351020463; 9781351020442; 1351020447; 9781351020435; 1351020439; 9781351020459; 1351020455
• Related ISBNs: 1138496820; 9781138496828
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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