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Seven Hundred Years - A History of Singapore

Chong Guan Kwa, Derek Thiam Soon Heng, Peter Borschberg, Tai Yong Tan

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Seven Hundred Years - A History of Singapore

by Chong Guan Kwa, Derek Thiam Soon Heng, Peter Borschberg, Tai Yong Tan
Seven Hundred Years - A History of Singapore
Seven Hundred Years - A History of Singapore

Singapore’s forgotten centuries, vividly restored beyond Raffles

This is an illuminating read if you want Singapore’s story beyond 1819. Its archaeological discoveries, maps, and artefacts bring seven centuries vividly to life. Accessible yet authoritative, it reshapes familiar ideas about the nation’s beginnings.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Seven Hundred Years - A History of Singapore

by Chong Guan Kwa, Derek Thiam Soon Heng, Peter Borschberg, Tai Yong Tan
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ISBN: 9789814868204
Authors: Chong Guan Kwa, Derek Thiam Soon Heng, Peter Borschberg, Tai Yong Tan
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Editions
Date of Publication: 2019-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Travel
Related Topics: Politics, Microhistory, Historical, World History, History, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.86
(rated by 59 readers)

Description

Assessments of Singapore’s history invariably revolve around Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival in 1819. Before this date – we’ve been told – “nothing very much appears to have happened in Singapore”. Pre-1819 Singapore was a sleepy, historically insignificant fishing village, little more than the “occasional resort of pirates”.This ambitious book, co-written by four of Singapore’s foremost historians, offers an assertive re-evaluation of that view. Drawing on a multi-disciplinary range of archival, textual and cartographical records, as well as the latest archaeological discoveries, the authors cast a singular historical trajectory for Singapore over the past seven centuries, animating its history like never before.Written in a compelling and accessible manner, and richly illustrated with more than 200 artefacts, photographs, maps, art works and ephemera, this volume builds upon the foundations of an earlier book, Singapore: A 700-Year History. Extensively rewritten to incorporate ground-breaking research findings, Seven Hundred Years: A History of Singapore widens the historical lens and offers a vital new perspective on the story of Singapore.
 

Singapore’s forgotten centuries, vividly restored beyond Raffles

This is an illuminating read if you want Singapore’s story beyond 1819. Its archaeological discoveries, maps, and artefacts bring seven centuries vividly to life. Accessible yet authoritative, it reshapes familiar ideas about the nation’s beginnings.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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