Studying Singapore Before 1800 (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
600
Utgivningsdatum
2018-09-30
Förlag
NUS Press
Medarbetare
Borschberg, Peter (ed.)
Dimensioner
251 x 178 x 25 mm
Vikt
794 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9789814722742

Studying Singapore Before 1800

av Kwa Chong Guan, Peter Borschberg
Häftad,  Engelska, 2018-09-30
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Historians rely on Singapores strategic position to explain its great success as a royal trading port in the 14th century, and as a British colony after 1819. What, then, accounts for the many centuries when it seemed not to thrive, and was seen in the words of John Crawfurd as only the occasional resort of pirates? This seeming paradox sits uneasily at the heart of Singapore historiography, and over time historians have suggested a variety of ways to resolve it. This volume collects studies about Singapore before 1800, bringing together different efforts across the 20th century at reconstructing Singapores missing years. Some authors have found additional details by scouring ancient and early modern texts for references to Singapore, and by reading well-known classics such as the Sejarah Melayu against the grain. Others have built narratives that bridge preand post-1800 perspectives by positioning Singapore within long-term global history. These efforts have yielded a much richer understanding of Singapores changing fortunes before 1800. The articles collected in this volume represent key milestones in this effort. Many are hard to locate, and two pieces are translated from Dutch to English for the first time. They are presented here with an introduction from historian Kwa Chong Guan.
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Studying Singapore Before 1800 is not only an important collection of essays but also a handsome and carefully crafted volume...This book should become a standard text for all undergraduate courses in Southeast Asian historynot just those focusing on Singapore. Journal of Asian Studies

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Kwa Chong Guan is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore. Peter Borschberg teaches history at the National University of Singapore. He is also a visiting professor in Modern History at the University of Greifswald.

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