Studying Singapore's past
Subtitle: C.M. Turnbull and the history of modern Singapore
By: edited by Nicholas Tarling
Publisher: NUS Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9789971696467
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Constance Mary Turnbull, 1927-2008 / P.J. Thum; title: Framing Singapore's history / Karl Hack; title: Mary Turnbull's history textbook for the Singapore nation / Kevin Blackburn; title: The limitations of monolingual history / P.J. Thum; title: Historical sketch of the settlement of Singapore / John Bastin; title: Singapore's role in constituting the "Malay" narrative / Anthony Milner; title: Reappraising the aftermath of war, the problems of the British military administration and Singapore's place in the changing strategic environment of empire, 1945-1946 / Kelvin W.K. Ng; title: A colonial progress, Franklin Gimson in Ceylon, Hong Kong, and Singapore / A.J. Stockwell; title: To negotiate trade and avoid politics, the overseas Chinese trade missions to China and Taiwan, 1956-1957 / Jason Lim; title: Singapore and its neighbours / Nicholas Tarling.