Singapore
eBook - PDF

Singapore

The Unexpected Nation

  1. 730 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Singapore

The Unexpected Nation

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter One. Beginnings: From Temasek to Singapore
  5. Chapter Two. Race, History and Nationalism
  6. Chapter Three. Contestants and Contesting Visions
  7. Chapter Four. The Accidental Chief Minister
  8. Chapter Five. The Terminal Chief Minister
  9. Chapter Six. The Embattled Prime Minister
  10. Chapter Seven. Merger: Contesting Ownership and Principles
  11. Chapter Eight. Terms of Disendearment
  12. Chapter Nine. Dare to be Equal
  13. Chapter Ten. The Way to Survive
  14. Chapter Eleven. National Service: The Price of Independence
  15. Chapter Twelve. Politics of Education
  16. Chapter Thirteen. Home Ownership, National Stability and the New Middle Classes
  17. Chapter Fourteen. University and Nation
  18. Chapter Fifteen. Toh’s Nation-Building Thrust
  19. Chapter Sixteen. Nantah: Between Community and Nation
  20. Chapter Seventeen. Self-Renewal: Talents for a Tough Act
  21. Chapter Eighteen. The Consensual Prime Minister
  22. Chapter Nineteen. Confucianism, Christianity, Chineseness
  23. Chapter Twenty. Singapore Dreams, Singapore Dilemmas
  24. Chapter Twenty-One. The Hyphenated Singaporean
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two. The Unexpected Nation
  26. Bibliographical Note
  27. Index
  28. THE AUTHOR