Kevin Blackburn is Associate Professor in History at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has taught in Singapore since 1993, when he left the History Department of the University of Queensland to take up his present teaching position. He has co-authored with Karl Hack Did Singapore Have to Fall? (2004) and War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore (2012).

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• List of tables Introduction 1.The ‘Education-Economy’ Nexus and Colonial Singapore (1819-1900)2.Vocational and Technical Education and the Colonial Administration (1901-1941)3.Decolonization, Education and the Singapore Economy (1942-1959)4.Using Education to Create an Industrial Workforce (1959-1990s)ConclusionIndex

Kevin Blackburn is Associate Professor in History at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has taught in Singapore since 1993, when he left the History Department of the University of Queensland to take up his present teaching position. He has co-authored with Karl Hack Did Singapore Have to Fall? (2004) and War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore (2012).

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• List of tables Introduction 1.The ‘Education-Economy’ Nexus and Colonial Singapore (1819-1900)2.Vocational and Technical Education and the Colonial Administration (1901-1941)3.Decolonization, Education and the Singapore Economy (1942-1959)4.Using Education to Create an Industrial Workforce (1959-1990s)ConclusionIndex