Singaporean Creatures

Timothy P. Barnard is an associate professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore, where he specializes in the environmental and cultural history of island Southeast Asia.

“A lively and persuasive account of Singapore’s relationship with animals from the mid-20th century onwards…. Thoroughly intriguing and readable, Singaporean Creatures is also a worthy 'sequel' to Barnard’s earlier book Imperial Creatures, which explored Singapore’s relationship with other animals within an earlier time frame of 1819 to 1942.” Straits Times“This is a thorough account of multidisciplinary research in the post-colonial world and capitalist social engineering on a grand scale.”Leonardo Reviews

• List of ImagesIntroduction: Humans and Other Animals in a Singaporean AnthropoceneChapter 1: Tilapia, Travel and the Making of a Singaporean CreatureChapter 2: One of the Main Drawbacks of Tropical LivingChapter 3: Mosquitoes, Public Health and the Construction of a Modern SocietyChapter 4: Fear, Fascination and Fantasy in the Cultural History of CrocodilesChapter 5: Too Much Monkey BusinessChapter 6: Songbirds in a Garden CityChapter 7: Marine Life in Service of the State at Public Aquariums and Oceanariums in SingaporeChapter 8: Nation, Nature and the Singapore Zoological Gardens, 1973-2018List of ContributorsBibliographyIndex