Singapore : The Unexpected Nation

This book deals with Singapore's transition from a British Crown Colony to a state in the Federation of Malaysia, and expulsion from the Federation to become a separate independent nation. For the leaders of Singapore's PAP Government, Malaysia was a traumatic experience. Yet, but for it,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Edwin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
East Asia.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
Politics and government
Nationalism.
Nationalisme > Singapour.
Nationalism > Singapore.
Singapore.
Singapour > Politique et gouvernement.
Singapour > Histoire.
Singapore > Politics and government.
Singapore > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings: From Temasek to Singapore
  • Race, history and nationalism
  • Contestants and contesting visions
  • The accidental chief minister
  • The terminal chief minister
  • The embattled prime minister
  • Merger: contesting ownership and principles
  • Terms of disendearment
  • Dare to be equal
  • The way to survive
  • National service: the price of independence
  • Politics of education
  • Home ownership, national stability and the new middle classes
  • University and nation
  • Toh's nation-building thrust
  • Nantah: between community and nation
  • Self-renewal: talents for a tough act
  • The consensual prime minister
  • Confucianism, Christianity, Chineseness
  • Singapore dreams, Singapore dilemmas
  • The hyphenated Singaporean
  • The unexpected nation.

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