Screen LibrarySingapore：a biography
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Hong Kong University Press National Museum of Singapore,
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| Publisher Address: | Hong Kong Singapore |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 456 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9789888028177 9888028170 |
| Index Number: | K339 |
| CLC: | K339.0 |
| Call Number: | K339.0/F939 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-448) and index. Foreword -- Prologue -- Temasek 1300s-1600s -- 1: Remnants from the fire -- 2: Trade winds, tales and treachery -- 3: Melaka's Fall, Singapore return -- Settlement 1819-1824 -- 4: Year 1819 -- 5: Adventures of Stamford raffles -- 6: Raja Melaka: Singapore's other founder -- 7: Doctor, the sultan and the scribe -- Emporium 1820s-1860s -- 8: Free port -- 9: Trading lives -- 10: Malcontents -- 11: New colonial order -- Port-City 1860s-1900s -- 12: Jewel of the East -- 13: City's other face -- 14: Beyond the five-foot way -- Modern Times 1890s-1930s -- 15: Island on the move -- 16: Raising nations. |