The history of Singapore : lion city, Asian tiger /.
Title By: Discovery Channel
Material type: BookPublisher: Singapore : John Wiley & Sons, c2010.Description: 256 p. : col ill., map ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780470823200Subject(s): Singapore economic policyDDC classification: 338.95967 HI ST Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
This companion volume to the popular Discovery Channel documentary charts the unpromising start of Singapore from the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles to the present day.It tells the story of Singapore's birth and growing pains through to the high noon of Empire. The remarkable twists of fate that turned Singapore into an "Accidental Nation" after its separation from Malaya, and the eventual formation of an independent government and nation. The challenge for Singapore as it moves from youth to middle age is to be a nation that can draw on its past as an inspiration for its future.
Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 338.95967 HI ST (Browse shelf) | Available | T0043987 |
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338.956 VI PU Public-private partnerships in Middle East development : | 338.959 GR OW Growing sustainable communities: : | 338.9595706 PA DY Dynamics of governing IT in Singapore : | 338.95967 HI ST The history of Singapore : | 338.95967 LE FR From Third World to first : | 338.9597 HA VI Vietnam's reforms and economic growth / | 338.9602 BR FI The financialisation of power : |
Includes index.
This companion volume to the popular Discovery Channel documentary charts the unpromising start of Singapore from the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles to the present day.It tells the story of Singapore's birth and growing pains through to the high noon of Empire. The remarkable twists of fate that turned Singapore into an "Accidental Nation" after its separation from Malaya, and the eventual formation of an independent government and nation. The challenge for Singapore as it moves from youth to middle age is to be a nation that can draw on its past as an inspiration for its future.