In Singapore: Unlikely Power, John Perry provides an evenhanded and authoritative history of the island nation that ranges from its Malay origins to the present day. Singapore is one of the wealthiest and best educated countries in the world, while also having one of the highest global capital punishment rates per-capita. Singapore is a democracy, but serves as a model regime for states that aim develop rapidly but are relatively unconcerned with freedom ordemocratic practices.
In Singapore: Unlikely Power, John Perry provides an evenhanded and authoritative history of the island nation that ranges from its Malay origins to the present day. Singapore is one of the wealthiest and best educated countries in the world, while also having one of the highest global capital punishment rates per-capita. Singapore is a democracy, but serves as a model regime for states that aim develop rapidly but are relatively unconcerned with freedom ordemocratic practices.
Professor of Maritime History, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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List of Illustrations Preface Why Should We Care? Singapores Periodic Crises How Has It Happened? I. Origins Sea People Earliest "Singapore" The Hinge of Eurasia The Chinese, the Sea, and Southeast Asia Chinas Seafaring Culture Hero II. Wings of Canvas Northern Europe Follows the Atlantic Others British Triumph in Asian Waters Birth Trauma for Singapore III. "Queen of the Further East" The Lure of Singapore "Chinatown" Chinese and Britons Opium and Empire China on Ebb Tide Pulsating Port IV. Empire at Zenith "The Dirty Ditch" A Kra Canal? Wiring the World Singapore's Advantage The Port Responds Tin Mines and Tin Cans Rubber Startles the World Plying the Coast Blue Water Highways Globetrotters Coolies A Cosmopolitan Culture "Great Possibilities" V. Clouds, Thunder, and Storm, 1918-42 Oil Emerges A Privileged Colonial World Enter the Japanese Apprehension Grows "Battleship without a Bottom" "The Worst Day of the War" Rip Current for the Allies "Lambs at Home, Devils Outside" Voyage of Netaji The Rising Sun Sets VI. "Walking on a Razors Edge," 1945-65 Painful Recovery and Push for Freedom Singapore's "Men in White" Displace Colonial Overlords Struggling for New Order Defining an Economy "Might Well Start Rowing" VII. "Turfed Out" Goh Builds Jurong "Strategic Pragmatism" A New Schoolhouse Lion of the Lion City Embracing Oceanic Revolution Goodbye to Great Britain A new City Emerges VIII. Coming to the Present Preserving the Environment Hydro Hub Looming Threats? "Brain Services" Polishing Society "Asian" Values The Singapore Grip Out of Bounds The Voice of the Internet IX. Global Hinge? Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface Why Should We Care? Singapores Periodic Crises How Has It Happened? I. Origins Sea People Earliest "Singapore" The Hinge of Eurasia The Chinese, the Sea, and Southeast Asia Chinas Seafaring Culture Hero II. Wings of Canvas Northern Europe Follows the Atlantic Others British Triumph in Asian Waters Birth Trauma for Singapore III. "Queen of the Further East" The Lure of Singapore "Chinatown" Chinese and Britons Opium and Empire China on Ebb Tide Pulsating Port IV. Empire at Zenith "The Dirty Ditch" A Kra Canal? Wiring the World Singapore's Advantage The Port Responds Tin Mines and Tin Cans Rubber Startles the World Plying the Coast Blue Water Highways Globetrotters Coolies A Cosmopolitan Culture "Great Possibilities" V. Clouds, Thunder, and Storm, 1918-42 Oil Emerges A Privileged Colonial World Enter the Japanese Apprehension Grows "Battleship without a Bottom" "The Worst Day of the War" Rip Current for the Allies "Lambs at Home, Devils Outside" Voyage of Netaji The Rising Sun Sets VI. "Walking on a Razors Edge," 1945-65 Painful Recovery and Push for Freedom Singapore's "Men in White" Displace Colonial Overlords Struggling for New Order Defining an Economy "Might Well Start Rowing" VII. "Turfed Out" Goh Builds Jurong "Strategic Pragmatism" A New Schoolhouse Lion of the Lion City Embracing Oceanic Revolution Goodbye to Great Britain A new City Emerges VIII. Coming to the Present Preserving the Environment Hydro Hub Looming Threats? "Brain Services" Polishing Society "Asian" Values The Singapore Grip Out of Bounds The Voice of the Internet IX. Global Hinge? Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index
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