Singapore : A Popular History, 1819-1960 (Malayan Historical Series No 2)

Author(s): Pearson, H F

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Donald Moore for the Eastern Universities Press
Publication Year:	1961
Publication Place:	Singapore
Book ID:	001896
Catalogue(s):	Uncategorized

166pp plus central section of photographic illustrations. Card covers, a little scuffed and rubbed at edges. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Account of the history of Singapore from its foundation to the accession of the Government of the People's Action Party in 1960. This is a classic 'history without tears' for Pearson tells of the growth of the Island-State not through dry records but through the social lives of the people who live there.

Keywords:

singapore people's action party election Malay