A journey through Singapore : travellers' impressions of a by-gone time selected and arranged in a complete narrative
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1995
Information About
A journey through Singapore is a narrative taken from travel memoirs by different travelers and skillfully arranged to give the impression of one visitor’s experience passing through Singapore. The author weaves a journey around the island, discovering sights that are now historic monuments to a lifestyle in a country that has changed over time. The book is illustrated with more than 185 archival quality pictures, depicting scenes of Singapore from the end of the 1800s to the beginning of the 1900s. This is a book of nostalgia for some and an eye opener for many others.
Additional Details
- Title
- A journey through Singapore : travellers' impressions of a by-gone time selected and arranged in a complete narrative
- Creators
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- Reena Singh
- Subject
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- Singapore--History
- Singapore--History--Pictorial works
- Singapore--Social life and customs
- Publisher
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- Landmark Books, 1995
- National Library Board Singapore, 1995
- Contributors
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- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill. (b&w)
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- Introduction -- The happiest method of approach -- A gathering of the nations of the east -- An emerald all the year round -- The east that countless have written about -- Dramatic entertainments attract everyone -- Riotous living -- The chief livelihood of the island -- Literary notions & balsamic odours -- A path of sunset gold.
- Edition
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- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.