Singapore, a 700-year history : from early emporium to world city / Kwa Chong Guan, Derek Heng, Tan Tai Yong.
Author(s): Tan, Tai Yong. | Kwa, Chong Guan.
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- Singapore, a 700-year history : from early emporium to world city
- Author(s)
- Kwa, Chong Guan.
Tan, Tai Yong. - Publisher
- Singapore : National Archives of Singapore, 2009
- Collation
- viii, 220 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
30 cm. - Dewey Class
- 959.5703
- Contents
- Foreword / RADM (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Acting Minister Ministry of Information, Communication and The Arts -- Preface / Kwa Chong, Derek Heng and Tan Tai Yong -- 1 Writing Singapore's History: Forgetting Singapore's Past, Remembering Singapore's Colonial Past, Recovering Singapore's Past, Rewriting Singapore's History -- 2 In the Beginning The Lion City: Reading the Malay Annals on the Founding of Singapura: Between Mythos and Historicity, Realism in Tun Seri Lanang's Sajarah Melayu, The Prowess of a Raja -- 3 The Lure of the Chinese Market: The Asian Economy, China and the Melaka Straits Region, Temasek as a Port-City in the Asian Maritime Economy, International Gateway of the Riau Archipelago-South Johor Economic Area, The Decline of Temasek as an Internation Port -- 4 Reconstructing the Lion City: Introduction: Sources for the Reconstuction of Temasek, The Classical Malay Port-City, Bukit Larangon: The Palace Precinct on Fort Canning Hill, The Main Settlement Area: The North Bank of the Singapore River, Temasek as an Example of a Classical Malay Port-City -- 5 Singapura: Outpost of the Melaka and Johor Kingdoms: Fief of the Melaka Sultans, Singapura and the Orang Laut in Malay History, Shahbandar of the Johor Sultans -- 6 Contesting the Waters Around Singapore: Geographical Setting of Singapore, Knowledge and Navigation through the Waters around Singapore, Contesting the Waters around Singapore, Was Singapore a Sleepy Fishing Village Before Raffles Arrived?, From the Classical to the Modern Era: Singapore's History in the Longue Duree -- 7 Raffles and the Establishment of an East India Company Station on Singapore: Raffles and the East India Company: Different Visions for the Eastern Seas, Tengku Husain and the Founding of a New Kerajaan, The Country Traders: Beneficiaries of Singapore after 1819 -- 8 The Port-City and its Trading Networks: Maritime Networks, Malay and Southeast Asian Trade, The Chinese Networks, The Arab Networks, The Indian Links, The Cosmopolitan Port-City -- 9 Staple Port and the Malayan Hinterland: Singapore's Pre-War Entrepot Trade, Port-city and Staple Port -- 10 Fortress Singapore: Defending a Port-City and Empire: Proposals for Defence, Grand Schemes for the Defence of a Colonial Port-city, Naval Base for the Defence of an Empire, Propping up Falling Dominos in the Cold War -- 11 The British "Grand Design", Local Politics and the Formation of Malaysia: The Roots of Merger, Concerns about Merger, Singapore's Case for Merger, Working towards Merger, The White Paper on Merger, Citizenship Issues, Financial Concerns, A Compromise Reached -- 12 Separation: Race Riots, Towards Separation, After Separation, Growth after Separation -- 13 Responding to Separation: Building the Nation-State, Establishing a Presence in the International Scene, Re-orientating the Economy of Singapore, Redefining Singapore after 1965 -- 14 Aspiring to Global City Status: The Dawn of a New Era, Singapore in the Emerging Mega Urban Corridor of Southeast Asia and the Network of Aisa-Pacific Cities, Redefining Singapore's Raison d'Etre in the Twenty-First Century -- Conclusion -- Index.
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Singapore -- History.
- BRN
- 3960
Notes
- Includes index.
Availability
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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959.5703 KWA
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