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The scripting of a national history : Singapore and its pasts /
Singapore and its Pasts studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by the state, blurring the distinction between what happened in the past, and how that past is made to be understood. The People's Action Party (PAP) government's unbroken mandate to rule has come in no small pa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; List of Photographs; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Beginning of History; PART I. Scripture; 1. New Testament: Singapore and Its Tensed Pasts; 2. Aptheosis: The Lee Kuan Yew Story as Singapore's History; 3. Sermon: Rajaratnam and Devan Nair as High Priests; 4. Liturgy: Telling Singapore's Past through Oral History; PART II. Singapore's Chinese Dilemma; 5. Political Vanguard: PAP Leaders of the Chinese-Speaking Community; 6. Language Fault Lines: The Wang Gungwu Report on Nanyang University.