Singapore - History from The Penang Bookshelf

Singapore: Talisman Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. One great recommendation for this work is Justin Corfield's involvement. He is the author of numerous bibliographies and other compendiums relating mainly to the history Malaysia and Singapore. In this work the authors focus on Singapore's history since independence, while, where relevant, referring back to the city state's past history. 279… Read more about this item

Singapore: NUS Press, 2017. Paperback. New. Although Singapore's economic success has brought the country into prominence, not only in Southeast Asia, but globally, probably few of the economy's overseas cheerleaders realise the extent to which this success is based on a challenge to Western liberal economic thinking. In this book the author traces the evolution of the three… Read more about this item

Ilfracombe, UK: Arthur H Stockwell, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. The reminiscences of a British expatriate who arrived in Singapore just as the city state was coming to terms with its independence, modernisation and the growth of its tourist industry. 60 pages. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The book looks new except… Read more about this item

Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. A history of Singapore from 1959 to 2009 as reported in the press. However, the contents are not limited to politics and the markets, but embrace the whole gamut of Singapore life during this period, from scandals and crime to pop and fashion. 380 pages with an index. Weight… Read more about this item

Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. New/9789813203426. An examination of how the Singapore Government has developed its own successful brand of leadership in managing the interaction between policy, execution and culture, both existing and aspirational. While not suggesting the Singapore model can be or should be exactly imitated elsewhere, the authors' detail could prove… Read more about this item

Singapore: Talisman Publishing, 2004. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 27-4-16. A step by step guide in readable language to the evolution of Singapore's civic institutions and political processes from British times up to the end of the 20th century. 188 pages. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has minimal signs of use. The text block has… Read more about this item

Singapore: Archives And Oral History Dept, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Produced to accompany a 1981 exhibition in Singapore, this book documents the rapid transformation of the city's transport system from the jinrickshaw, introduced in the 1880s to the Rapid Transport System, begun in 1972. With many historic photographs. Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia There is… Read more about this item

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SIRD, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Some of the survivors of the University Socialist Club, publishers of the Fajar magazine, recount their experiences as the standard bearers of the intellectual left in the Singapore of the 1950s and 1960s. They championed democracy, social justice and multiculturalism in a radical new Malayan state. They survived… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Chua, an academic at the National University of Singapore when the book was written, analyses the Singapore Government's move away from Western concepts in an attempt to repackage the national ideology into a form of Asian communitarianism. He tries to avoid a polarised view by concentrating on the political issues. 236 pages.… Read more about this item

Singapore: Singapore Indian Association, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rather than claiming to be a comprehensive of Indians' contribution to the growth of Singapore from Raffles' time onwards, the author instead highlights significant events in the 19th and 20th centuries. 153 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia… Read more about this item

Lexington, Mass, USA: Lexington Books, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. This interesting study was carried out in Singapore shortly after the Malaysian ethnic disturbances of 1969. The author seeks to examine the moral bond that ideally exists between the state and its citizens in order to make government work. How is this achieved in the more difficult circumstances… Read more about this item