Singapore : the unexpected nation.
This book deals with Singapore's transition from a British Crown Colony to a state in the Federation of Malaysia, and expulsion from the Federation to become a separate independent nation. For the leaders of Singapore's PAP Government, Malaysia was a traumatic experience. Yet, but for it,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS),
2008.
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| Series: | History of nation-building series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | This book deals with Singapore's transition from a British Crown Colony to a state in the Federation of Malaysia, and expulsion from the Federation to become a separate independent nation. For the leaders of Singapore's PAP Government, Malaysia was a traumatic experience. Yet, but for it, they might never have found the resolve and the secret of building this extraordinary nation, this nation based on Singapore alone that they and an entire generation had once believed an impossibility. |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 730 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-674) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789812307972 9812307974 9789812307965 9812307966 |
