Overview

Full Product Details

9789971697907

Table of Contents

Reviews

The nine chapters of this useful volume are interspersed with primary readings relevant to each chapter. . . .Furthermore, the diversity of authors, with school teachers and activists writing alongside distinguished academics, has resulted in reader-friendly and accessible chapters that, between them, relay an important and powerful message to modern Singaporeans and anyone interested in the history of the city state. This is a different 'Singapore Story', a longterm survey of how the island's sensitive environment has undergone radical change in the name of economic development and success. . . . This is an important and compelling story that has to be told. --Journal of Historical Geography

""The nine chapters of this useful volume are interspersed with primary readings relevant to each chapter. . . .Furthermore, the diversity of authors, with school teachers and activists writing alongside distinguished academics, has resulted in reader-friendly and accessible chapters that, between them, relay an important and powerful message to modern Singaporeans and anyone interested in the history of the city state. This is a different 'Singapore Story', a longterm survey of how the island's sensitive environment has undergone radical change in the name of economic development and success. . . . This is an important and compelling story that has to be told."" -- ""Journal of Historical Geography""

Author Information

Timothy P. Barnard is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore, where he focuses on the cultural and environmental history of Southeast Asia. His research focuses on a wide variety of topics, ranging from 18th-century Malay identity to film in Singapore in the 1950s. He is currently working on a social history of the Komodo dragon.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available