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Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore
Timothy Barnard
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Description for Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore
Paperback. Editor(s): Barnard, Timothy P. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
How has Singapore’s environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore’s image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration and nation building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the ... Read more
How has Singapore’s environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore’s image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration and nation building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971697907
SKU
V9789971697907
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Timothy Barnard
Timothy P. Barnard is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore, where he focuses on the cultural and environmental history of Southeast Asia. His research focuses on a wide variety of topics, ranging from 18th-century Malay identity to film in Singapore in the 1950s. He is currently working on a social history of ... Read more
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