Chapters on Asia : selected papers from the Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship (2019)
Electronic Book 18.97.9.174 (0)
2020
Information About
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--HistoryCategories
History Colonial administrators Literature ChurchesAdditional Details
- Creators
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- Harper, Emma
- Tam Ong, Y-Lynn
- Rerceretnam, Marc Sebastian
- Watanabe, Yosuke
- Subject
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- 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
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- National Library Board Singapore, 2020
- National Library Board Singapore, 2020
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill., maps
- Table of Contents
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- 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.
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