Pioneers of Singapore
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN : 9789811426520
Pioneers of Singapore
Author : Lee Chin Lim
Publisher : ASIAPAC BOOKS
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9811706999
Book Description
We always hear the names Raffles or Farquhar whenever we discuss Singapore’s early history. But what of the many other pioneers who were just as important? What are their stories? Accompanied by lively, charming illustrations, Pioneers of Singapore brings you the accounts of thirty-five key figures in Singapore’s colonial history. Some of them include: - Who broke up one of the biggest communal riots in Singapore? - Who founded the first hospital in Singapore that was built entirely without help from the government? - Who produced the first comprehensive map of Singapore and designed most of its early buildings? Read on as our forefathers come to life with the help of comic artist Alan Bay (Once Upon a Singapore… Traders)’s beautiful artwork, as the 2004 bestseller returns in an all-new coloured edition!
Pioneers of Singapore (2020 Edition - PDF)
Author : Lee Chin Lim, Soon Oon Chan, Alan Bay
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release :
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9811706964
Book Description
We always hear the names Raffles or Farquhar whenever we discuss Singapore’s early history. But what of the many other pioneers who were just as important? What are their stories? Accompanied by lively, charming illustrations, Pioneers of Singapore brings you the accounts of thirty-five key figures in Singapore’s colonial history. Some of them include: Who broke up one of the biggest communal riots in Singapore? Who founded the first hospital in Singapore that was built entirely without help from the government? Who produced the first comprehensive map of Singapore and designed most of its early buildings? Read on as our forefathers come to life with the help of comic artist Alan Bay’s beautiful artwork, as the 2004 bestseller returns in an all-new coloured edition!
Pioneers of Singapore
Author : Singapore. Archives & Oral History Department
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Chinese
ISBN :
Book Description
A guide to taped interviews given by 73 prominent persons who reside in Singapore. Short phases are used to indicated the contents of different reels of audio tape made as part of the Oral History Programme of the Archives and Oral History Department. Interviewees included had arrived in Singapore before the Second World War.
My Father's Kampung: A History Of Aukang And Punggol
Author : Shawn Li Song Seah
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 22,84 MB
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9811226709
Book Description
Written by author and speaker Shawn Seah, My Father's Kampung delves into the social history of Aukang and Punggol as it traces a son's journey to better understand and appreciate the kampung life his father lived. The book is rich in personal stories and oral histories of those who lived there from the 1940s to 1970s, brought to life by Seah's passionate narrative as well as illustrations and photos.This book is supported by the National Heritage Board, with Forewords by Robert Yeo and Montfort Alumni.
Pioneers Once More
Author : Mui Hoong Chua
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 13,89 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Civil service
ISBN :
Book Description
The French in Singapore
Author : Maxime Pilon
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9814260444
Book Description
In 1819, when Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore, he was accompanied by two French naturalists. Ever since, French missionaries, merchants, planters and other pioneers have contributed to its economic, educational and cultural development. Discover the colourful stories of personalities, such as J. Casteleyns (who built the first hostelry, the Hotel de l¿Europe, in 1857), Father Jean-Marie Beurel (who constructed the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd) and Alfred Clouët (who started the well-known Ayam Brand canned sardines business). Superbly illustrated with photographs, paintings, sketches, old documents and maps, The French in Singapore is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to discover the little-known history of the French in the Singapore we know today.
Singapore in Global History
Author : Derek Thiam Soon Heng
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 22,11 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9048514371
Book Description
This important overview explores the connections between Singapore's past with historical developments worldwide until present day. The contributors analyse Singapore as a city-state seeking to provide an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of the global dimensions contributing to Singapore's growth. The book's global perspective demonstrates that many of the discussions of Singapore as a city-state have relevance and implications beyond Singapore to include Southeast Asia and the world. This vital volume should not be missed by economists, as well as those interested in imperial histor.
One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore: the Annotated Edition
Author : Ong Siang Song
Publisher : Wspc/Ecnup
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Chinese
ISBN : 9789811217685
Book Description
Since its publication in 1923, Sir Song Ong Siang's One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore has become the standard biographical reference of prominent Chinese in early Singapore, at least in the English language. This fact would have surprised Song who saw himself primarily as a compiler of historical and biographical snippets. The original was not referenced in academic fashion and contained a number of errors. This annotation by the Singapore Heritage Society takes Song's classic text and updates it with detailed annotations of sources that Song himself might have consulted, and includes more recent scholarship on the lives and times of various personalities who are mentioned in the original book. This annotated edition is commissioned by the National Library Board, Singapore and co-published with World Scientific Publishing.
A General History Of The Chinese In Singapore
Author : Chong Guan Kwa
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1002 pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9813277653
Book Description
A General History of the Chinese in Singapore documents over 700 years of Chinese history in Singapore, from Chinese presence in the region through the millennium-old Hokkien trading world to the waves of mass migration that came after the establishment of a British settlement, and through to the development and birth of the nation. Across 38 chapters and parts, readers are taken through the complex historical mosaic of Overseas Chinese social, economic and political activity in Singapore and the region, such as the development of maritime junk trade, plantation industries, and coolie labour, the role of different bangs, clan associations and secret societies as well as Chinese leaders, the diverging political allegiances including Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities and the National Salvation Movement leading up to the Second World War, the transplanting of traditional Chinese religions, the changing identity of the Overseas Chinese, and the developments in language and education policies, publishing, arts, and more.With 'Pride in our Past, Legacy for our Future' as its key objective, this volume aims to preserve the Singapore Chinese story, history and heritage for future generations, as well as keep our cultures and traditions alive. Therefore, the book aims to serve as a comprehensive guide for Singaporeans, new immigrants and foreigners to have an epitome of the Singapore society. This publication is supported by the National Heritage Board's Heritage Project Grant.Related Link(s)
