The Singapore river : a social history 1819 - 2002 / Stephen Dobbs
Author(s): Dobbs, Stephen
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- The Singapore river : a social history 1819 - 2002
- Author(s)
- Dobbs, Stephen
- Publisher
- Singapore : Singapore University Press, 2003
- Collation
- [xliv], 200 p. : ill., maps
25 cm. - Series Title
- Singapore : studies in society & history
- Summary
- Blending social history, geography, economic history and urban studies, Stephen Dobbs sets out the history of the Singapore river and of the people who made it their home and workplace. This text should be of interest to anyone wishing to understand Singapore's numerous transformations.
- ISBN
- 9971692775
- Dewey Class
- 959.57
- Contents
- Part One: The Singapore River and City. 1 Introduction: The Old and the New -- 2 The River: Development of an Economic Landscape -- 3 Lightermen: Migration and Destiny -- 4. The River and the Government -- Part Two: Life on the River. 5 Lighterage Work Conditions and Organisation -- 6 Life Along the River: Domesticity, Rest and Recreation -- Part Three: Looking to the Future. 7 The Clean Up -- 8 The River: Modernity and the Millenium -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendices. 1 Lighter Craft of the Singapore River -- 2 Table 1 (Weights and Measures) ; Table 2 (Value of Trade 1819-69) ; Table 3 (Tonnage of Shipping 1819-66) ; Table 4 (Table of Trade Goods 1819-69) ; Table 5 (Chinese Population 1824-1947) ; Table 6 (Income Comparison Table 1947-50).
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Singapore -- History
Singapore River (Singapore) -- History - BRN
- 439
Availability
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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Books
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959.57 DOB
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Available
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