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25 Tropical Houses in Singapore and Malaysia

March 25, 2015

25 Tropical Houses in Singapore and Malaysia features the best houses and condominiums by a dynamic new generation of architects. Singapore’s houses create pleasure from the tropical climate. A new wave of highly distinctive architecture has seen Singapore recognized, for the first time, as one of the world’s most dynamic architectural centers. The most interesting […]
Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore (Anthropology of Asia)

March 25, 2015

Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death – flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money – Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore throws light upon the Chinese perception of death and how they cope with its eventuality. In the seeming mass of religious rituals and beliefs, it suggests that there is an […]
Escape from Singapore, 1942;: The story of an incredible voyage through enemy waters

March 25, 2015

Survival at sea after the fall of Singapore. Sale Price:$120.74 0684136384
Creative Minds, Charmed Lives: Interviews at Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore

March 25, 2015

This book features interviews of 38 eminent mathematicians and mathematical scientists who were invited to participate in the programs of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore. Originally published in its newsletter Imprints from 2003 to 2009, these interviews give a fascinating and insightful glimpse into the passion driving some of the most […]
The Binding Tie: Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory)

March 25, 2015

Since gaining independence in 1965, Singapore has become the most trade-intensive economy in the world and the richest country in Southeast Asia. This transformation has been accompanied by the emergence of a deep generational divide. More complex than simple disparities of education or changes in income and consumption patterns, this growing gulf encompasses language, religion, […]
Tan Kah-Kee : The Making of an Overseas Chinese Legend (Revised Edition)

March 25, 2015

For a Chinese immigrant in South-East Asia to make good is not unique, but what is unique in Tan Kah-kee’s case is his enormous contribution to employment and economic development in Singapore and Malaya. He was the only Chinese in history to have single-handedly founded a private university in Amoy and financially maintained it for […]
Political Legitimacy and Housing: Singapore’s Stakeholder Society

March 25, 2015

Singapore’s successful public housing programme is a source of political legitimacy for the ruling People’s Action Party. Beng-Huat Chua accounts for the success of public housing in Singapore and draws out lessons for other nations. Housing in Singapore, he explains in this incisive analysis, is seen neither as a consumer good (as in the US) […]
Lee Kuan Yew: The Critical Years

March 25, 2015

Lee Kuan Yew: The Critical Years (1971–78) is a facsimile edition of Alex Josey’s second masterful account of Singapore’s formidable prime minister, first published in 1980 and simply titled Lee Kuan Yew Vol 2. Sale Price:buy at discount B00BYLLBZC
Singapore Burning: Heroism And Surrender In World War Ii

March 25, 2015

Churchill’s description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival’s surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian, and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and […]
The Fall of Singapore: 90 Days: November 1941-February 1942

March 25, 2015

This book provides a day-by-day history of the Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore from the first alerts as the British prepared to move their forces on to a war footing on 29 November, through the fighting, to the Japanese imposing their rule on the Chinese in Singapore on 26 February – a total […]

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