| The History of Singapore Contributor(s): Abshire, Jean (Author), Thackeray, Frank W. (Editor), Findling, John E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0313377421 ISBN-13: 9780313377426 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 959.57 |
| LCCN: 2010047889 |
| Series: Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.01 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Singapore is a dominant player in the global economy, serving both as an essential business hub for international finance and home to some of the world's most important ports. It is also one of the world's smallest and most resource-poor countries. This book offers an engaging examination of Singapore using a theme of globalization to explain how the country's worldwide interactions across centuries have resulted in an ethnically diverse society and allowed it to ascend to a position of being an economic powerhouse. Every significant historic event and era--from its status as a meeting point for traders in the 600s to its colonization by the British in 1819, and from Japanese occupation during World War II to the 2002 arrest of a group of Islamic terrorists--is covered. |