Singapore from Temasek to the 21st Century: Reinventing the Global City - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9971695154 ISBN 13: 9789971695156

Publisher: NUS Press, 2010

Synopsis

In this volume, a group of international scholars examines the history of Singapore as a series of discontinuous and varied attempts by a shifting array of local and foreign elites to optimize advantages arising from the island's strategic location and overcome its lack of natural resources. Part I sets the scene by considering different ways of looking at the island's long-term history and evaluating Singapore as a global city. Part II provides a series of snapshots of Singapore between 14th and 21st centuries, positioning the island as a major node in regional and world history, and evaluating the local political and social structures that have underpinned the city's ability to function as a major urban centre and ensured its long-term survival.

About this title

About the Author:

Karl HACK is now Chair of the Empire Course at the Open University, United Kingdom.

Jean-Louis MARGOLIN is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Provence at Aix, and a Researcher at the Research Institute on Southeast Asia (IRSEA-CNRS), Marseilles.

Karine DELAYE is Research Associate at the Research Institute on Southeast Asia (IRSEA-CNRS), Marseilles.

About this edition

• Publisher: NUS Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9971695154
• ISBN 13: 9789971695156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Hack Karl, Margolin Jean-Louis, Delaye Karine