From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Yew, Lee Kuan
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060197765
- ISBN 13
- 9780060197766
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About This Item
Harper, 2000-10-03. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x2x9. Harper [Published Date: 2000]. Hardcover, 729 pp. Stated First Edition. Forward by Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Very good in very good dust jacket. Black Paper over Boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing along edges. light overall scuffing go jacket as well. NOT price clipped Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. [Excerpts from jacket flaps] "Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis?" "The story of that transformation is told here by Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdrawal of foreign forces, Singapore now is hailed as a city of the future. This history is recounted by the man who not only lived through it all but who forged ahead and brought about most of these changes." "Delving into his own notes, as well as previously unpublished government papers and official records, Lee details the extraordinary efforts it took for an island city-state in Southeast Asia to survive at that time.
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- Bookseller
- Epilonian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20240514011
- Title
- From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
- Author
- Yew, Lee Kuan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060197765
- ISBN 13
- 9780060197766
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000-10-03
- Size
- 6x2x9
- Keywords
- Biography, History, Southeast Asia
- X weight
- 36 oz
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