Chapters on Asia : selected papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2019)



Electronic Book 216.73.216.165 (0)

2020

Chapters on Asia : selected papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2019)

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Selected papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship. Topics include the lifestyles of colonial administrators and their families in Singapore, how literary texts represent space and place by examing four works of Singaporean fiction, early multi-ethnic Roman Catholic communities, and the Japanese army’s covert operation in Singapore and the Riau islands in the early 20th century.

Subjects

Colonial administrators--Singapore--History Singaporean fiction--Appreciation Peranakan (Asian people)--Singapore--History Catholic Church--Singapore--History Singapore--History--1867-1942 Japan--Armed Forces--Singapore--History

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History Colonial administrators Literature Churches

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Title
Chapters on Asia : selected papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2019)
Creators
  • Harper, Emma
  • Tam Ong, Y-Lynn
  • Rerceretnam, Marc Sebastian
  • Watanabe, Yosuke
Subject
  • Colonial administrators--Singapore--History
  • Singaporean fiction--Appreciation
  • Peranakan (Asian people)--Singapore--History
  • Catholic Church--Singapore--History
  • Singapore--History--1867-1942
  • Japan--Armed Forces--Singapore--History
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 2020
  • National Library Board Singapore, 2020
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill., maps
Table of Contents
  • exploring accounts of the lifestyles of colonial administrators and their families in Singapore c. 1870-1920 / Emma Harper -- ch. 2. All is utterly changed : representations of space in fistful of colours, if we dream too long, first loves, and Raffles place ragtime / Tam Ong Y-Lynn -- ch. 3. Intermarriages, religious conversions and new Peranakans within multi-ethnic communities in colonial Singapore : early multi-ethnic Roman Catholic communities, c. 1830s to 1850s / Marc Sebastian Rerceretnam -- ch. 4. A prelude to an invasion? : the Japanese army’s covert operation in Singapore and the Riau islands in the early 20th century / Yosuke Watanabe.
Copyright
  • All rights reserved. National Library Board Singapore, 2020