An interactive fun book for young readers to learn the roots of Singapore's history and the possibilities that faced the young nation in the 15 years after World War II and up to when Singapore gained internal self-government in 1959.
What if? : post-war choices in Singapore / Lee Geok Boi
Creators
Lee, Geok Boi
Subject
Singapore--History
Malaysia--History
Publisher
Singapore Heritage Society, 1995
National Library Board Singapore, 1995
Contributors
Singapore Heritage Society
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Table of Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- How to... -- The first choice -- Agriculture -- Anti-British league -- Armed forces -- Banana money -- Bilingual education -- Black market -- British Military administration -- Capital -- Chinese education -- Chinese nationalism -- Chinese school riots -- Chinese secretariat -- Civil disorder -- Civil service -- Clan and family network -- Clerks -- Demobilisation -- Education -- Education, bilingual see Bilingual education -- Education, Chinese -- Education, English see English education -- Education, Malay see Malay education -- Elections -- Eemergency -- Employment -- English education -- Fajar trials -- Federation of Malaya -- Financial services -- Food rationing -- Force 136 -- Housing -- Income tax -- Indian nationalism -- Industry...
Copyright
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.