A general history of the Chinese in Singapore : edited by Kwa Chong Guan, Kua Bak Lim
Author(s): Kua, Bak Lim | Kwa, Chong Guan
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- A general history of the Chinese in Singapore
- Author(s)
- Kwa, Chong Guan
Kua, Bak Lim - Publisher
- Singapore : Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, World Scientific, 2019
- Collation
- 969 pages : illustrations
27 cm - ISBN
- 9789813278325
- Dewey Class
- 305.8951
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Prelude to the History of the Chinese in Singapore / Kwa Chong Guan --
Chapter 2. Junk Trade and Gambier Industry -- 2A: Chinese Junk Trade in Early Singapore / Lee Yip Lim -- 2B: Gambier and Early Development of Singapore / Lim Guan Hock --
Chapter 3. Chinatown: Cradle of Chinese Community Development / Lim Guan Hock --
Chapter 4. Singapore Chinese Community -- 4A: Social Structure and Bang Interactions / Lim How Seng -- 4B: Chinese Leadership and its Political Transformation / C.F. Yong -- 4C: The Knots of the Chinese Secret Societies in Early Singapore / Mak Lau-Fong -- 4D: Bukit Brown Chronicles: A Brief Cultural History of the Chinese in Singapore through the Lens of a Cemetery / Hui Yew-Foong --
Chapter 5. Qing Government and Singapore Chinese Community -- 5A: Rivalry between Straits Settlements Government and Chinese Consulate in Singapore (1877–1894) / Lim How Seng -- 5B: Sales of Qing Titles and the Chinese Leadership in Singapore (1877–1912) / Yen Ching-hwang --
Chapter 6. Straits-born Chinese -- 6A: The Colonial State in the Making of a Peranakan Community / Kwa Chong Guan -- 6B: The Peranakan’s Interconnected World: Hybridity, Diversity and Challenges / John Teo -- 6C: Peranakan Community and Culture / Ng Fooi Beng --
Chapter 7. Confucianism Revived in Early Singapore and Malaya, 1899–1911 / Yen Ching-hwang --
Chapter 8. Chinese Business Community -- 8A: Bang Trade Specialisation of the Chinese Community in Singapore / Cheng Lim Keak -- 8B: Chinese Business in Singapore: A Historical and Historiographical Survey / Koh Keng We -- 8C: Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry: An Institution in Transition / Jeremy Goh --
Chapter 9. Chinese Printing and Dailies -- 9A: 19th-century Printing in the Chinese Language / Lee Ching Seng -- 9B: A Century of the Chinese Dailies / Choi Kwai Keong --
Chapter 10. Chinese Education -- 10A: Development of Chinese Education in Singapore (1819–1979) / Lim Guan Hock -- 10B: A Window into Nanyang University: Controversy over the 1965 Wang Gungwu Report / Huang Jianli --
Chapter 11. Traditional Chinese Culture and Religious Beliefs -- 11A: Traditional Religious Beliefs, Emigration and the Social Structure of the Chinese in Singapore / Cheng Lim Keak -- 11B: Chinese Temples and the Transnational Networks: Hokkien Community in Singapore / Hue Guan Thye -- 11C: Festival, Community and Identity: The Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Singapore / Koh Keng We --
Chapter 12. Culture and Art -- 12A: The Story of Art in Singapore / Teo Han Wue -- 12B: Chinese Performing Arts / Chua Soo Pong -- 12C: Chinese Movie and TV Serial Industry / Yap Soo Ei --
Chapter 13. Money by Mail to China: Qiaopi and Chinese Remittance in Singapore / Kua Bak Lim --
Chapter 14. The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement / Lim How Seng --
Chapter 15. The Chinese Community in Singapore During the Japanese Occupation / Lee Geok Boi --
Chapter 16. Political Awakening and Nation-building -- 16A: The Political Dilemmas and Transformation of the Straits-born Chinese Community in the Era of Decolonisation / Kwa Chong Guan -- 16B: Lim Chin Siong and his Legacy of Left-wing Activism in the Fight for Nationhood / Kevin Y.L. Tan -- 16C: Lee Kuan Yew: Founding Father of Modern Singapore / Giam Meng Tuck --
Chapter 17. Chinese Socety in the 21st Century -- 17A: The Speak Mandarin Campaign / Eddie C.Y. Kuo -- 17B: Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations: Apex of Singapore Chinese Community / Kua Bak Lim -- 17C: Chinese New Immigrants / Ou Yali --
Chapter 18. Retrospect and Reflection -- 18A: The Study of Singapore Chinese in Retrospect / Choi Kwai Keong, Lim How Seng and Kua Bak Lim -- 18B: The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and the Chinese Community of Singapore: History, Repositioning and Contestation / Huang Jianli --
Appendix I. Chronology of Singapore Chinese History --
Appendix II. Fifty Prominent Chinese in Singapore --
Appendix III. Important Historical Monuments and Artefacts. - Language
- English
- Subject
- Chinese -- Singapore -- Social conditions -- History
Chinese -- Singapore -- History - BRN
- 9742
Availability
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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305.8951 GEN
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