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Studying Singapore's Past: C. M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore
Editor Nicholas Tarling
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Description for Studying Singapore's Past: C. M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore
Paperback. Includes ten contributions, some from long-established scholars of Singapore's history, others from a new generation of researchers. Their work offers an evaluation of established understandings of Singapore's history, and gives an indication of new directions that researchers are exploring. Editor(s): Tarling, Nicholas. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
C.M. (Mary) Turnbull's contributions to historical writing on Singapore extended from her 1962 thesis, published in 1972 as The Straits Settlements, 1826-67: Indian presidency to crown colony, to her magisterial history of Singapore, first published in 1977 and reissued in 2009 in an updated edition as A History of Modern Singapore, 1816-2006. Her approach to history involved detailed work with documents and published materials, with a particular focus on political and economic history. One contributor to the present volume described the book as an ""exercise in endowing a modern 'nation-state' with a coherent past that should explain the present.""
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C.M. (Mary) Turnbull's contributions to historical writing on Singapore extended from her 1962 thesis, published in 1972 as The Straits Settlements, 1826-67: Indian presidency to crown colony, to her magisterial history of Singapore, first published in 1977 and reissued in 2009 in an updated edition as A History of Modern Singapore, 1816-2006. Her approach to history involved detailed work with documents and published materials, with a particular focus on political and economic history. One contributor to the present volume described the book as an ""exercise in endowing a modern 'nation-state' with a coherent past that should explain the present.""
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971696467
SKU
V9789971696467
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Editor Nicholas Tarling
Nicholas Tarling was Professor of History at the University of Auckland from 1968 to 1997 and is currently a Fellow of the New Zealand Asia Institute.
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