Singapore (Asia's Transformations/Asia's Great Cities) - Softcover

Trocki, Carl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415263867 ISBN 13: 9780415263863

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

This volume examines Singapore’s culture of control, exploring the city-state’s colonial heritage as well as the forces that have helped to mould its current social landscape. Taking a comparative approach, Trocki demonstrates the links between Singapore’s colonial past and independent present, focusing on the development of indigenous social and political movements. In particular, the book examines the efforts of Lee Yew Kuan, leader of the People’s Action Party from 1959 until 1990, to produce major economic and social transformation. Trocki discusses how Singapore became a workers paradise, but what the city gained in material advancement it paid for in intellectual and cultural sterility.

Based on the latest research, Singapore addresses the question of control in one of the most prosperous and dynamic economies in the world, providing a compelling history of post-colonial Singapore.

About this title

About the Author:

Carl A. Trocki is the Professor of Asian Studies in the School of Humanities and Human Services at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He has published on Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Chinese diaspora, and the drug trade in Asia. His most recent book is Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Study of the Asian Opium Trade, 1750-1950, (Routledge)

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415263867
• ISBN 13: 9780415263863
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224