History

Description About the Author Little Drops: Cherished Children of Singapore’s Past is a compilation of biographies based on historical fact abou...

Description Winner of the 2018 Popular Bookstores' Readers Choice Awards, Adult Book Category Finalist for Best Non-Fiction Title at the 2018 S...

Description Throughout the history of mankind, the rise of societies, whether civilizations, nations, or communities, has been a story of human...

Description Professor Tan Tai Yong is the Institute of Policy Studies' 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book is an edited...

Description About the Author Between 1880 and 1930 colonial Singapore attracted tens of thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers, brought to ser...

Description Praise About the Author & Translator Dakota 达哥打 by Wong Koi Tet, winner of the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize (Chinese Creativ...

Description Lee’s Lieutenants: Singapore’s Old Guard was a national non-fiction bestseller when it was first published in 1999. Now this semina...

Description About the Editor As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes an...

Description Praise About the Author Preorders are expected to be fulfilled by early July! If you’re ordering other titles too, please purchase ...

Description Praise About the Author Established in 1859, Singapore’s Botanic Gardens has been important as a park for Singaporeans and visitors...

Description Praise About the Author A comprehensive collection of 477 drawings—including plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, and fish—ac...

Description About the Author Teochew-speaking gambier and pepper farmers were early settlers of Singapore at the turn of the 19th century. Wak ...

Description Praise About the Author This book tells the inside story of how Singapore defied considerable odds to develop a dynamic economy and...

Description About the Series Singapore’s reputation as a food paradise reflects its position at the intersection of four culinary cultures: Chi...

Description About the Series The early structures in Singapore were constructed from locally available materials. After British colonisation, m...

English Description Chinese Description Men in White is the inside story of one of the world’s most successful political parties. Narrated in t...

Description About the Editor Income inequality has become a global phenomenon. Rapid technological advancement and an expanding global workforc...

Description About the Editors Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore’s first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore’s first ind...

Description Praise About the Author Backorder: Backorders are expected to be fulfilled by early November 2024. If you're also ordering other ti...

Description In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on today’s world and what it might loo...

Description About the Author What is China? While many perceive it as a rising power challenging Western dominance, eminent historian Professor...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Constitution traces the development of Singapore’s Constitution against the framework of Sin...

Description About the Author Comprehensive modern history of Singapore, from C16 to present. Michael D. Barr is Associate Professor in Inter...

Description About the Author Wallace's Malay Archipelago is a classic account of the travels of a Victorian naturalist through island Southeast...

Description Old Singapore was an eclectic trade emporium, where an ethnically and culturally diverse populace coalesced, and sometimes clashed,...

Description About the Authors The book looks at the Workers’ Party of Singapore rise to its current position as the leading opposition party, t...

Description About the Author Silk Silver Opium tells the dramatic story of trade between China and the West and how it changed the world. Silk ...

Description About the Author In 1953, four China-born artists who had made their home in Singapore held an exhibition titled Bali. It was a sen...

Description About the Editors After Japan was hit by a triple disaster — an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear meltdown — in 2011, Singapore r...

Description Praise About the Author Mentioned by Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Fourth Prime Minister, in an interview S. Rajaratnam was one of the...

Description Mr Lee Kuan Yew once famously said “when I project myself forward 100 years for Singapore, I cannot tell you that it will exist.” A...

Description Singapore has evolved from a developing country to a developed one, in only a few short decades. Its gross domestic product per cap...

Description About the Series Singapore Chronicles: Language reviews and discusses the changing language use patterns within Singapore society f...

Description Praise About the Author Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore analyses Singapore’s decolonisation movement between 1953 and 1...

Description Praise About the Author Even small states can have grand strategies. Singapore, despite its poor natural resource endowment, small ...

Description Praise About the Author In 1998, the Belitung, a ninth-century western Indian Ocean–style vessel, was discovered in Indonesian wate...

Description About the Editor Since 1965, Singapore has been propelled to the dizzying heights of first-world prosperity. Yet, the People's Acti...

Description The year 2019 marks Singapore's Bicentennial milestone since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore in 1819. It was in an...

Description About the Author This book, a compilation of key speeches and articles by the late Mr S Rajaratnam, is a tribute to one of the foun...

Description This book traces the development of stand-alone residential architecture in Singapore from its early days as a colony to the presen...

Description About the Author What is history? How is it made? And why does it matter? Reimagining Singapore’s History brings together leading h...

Description About the Author A lecturer turned banker, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam never expected to become a politician, much less a president. Chall...

Description Praise In this updated book, viewed by many as a definitive guide to Singapore-style diplomacy, former minister, diplomat and law d...

Description About the Series Singapore is a modern and global island-state, internationally recognised as one of the most liveable cities in th...

Description He was a well-known doctor and professor, and was one of the leading names in obstetrics and gynaecology in Singapore for decades. ...

Description About the Author Choo Seng Quee is arguably Singapore's greatest football coach. He brought Singapore football to great heights, es...

Description About the Author A sheltered young prince leaves his palace to discover the world outside. How does his journey begin and end? The ...

Description About the Author Rebuilding the Ancestral Village examines the relationship between one group of Singaporean Chinese and their ance...