There Was a Time: Singapore 1959-1965 From Self-Rule to Independence - Hardcover

 
9789811467950: There Was a Time: Singapore 1959-1965 From Self-Rule to Independence
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9811467951 ISBN 13: 9789811467950
Verlag: Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

This collection of 328 photographs shows the rhythm of daily life in Singapore between 1959 and 1965 – the pivotal time in its history when the city-state was granted internal self-rule by the British colonial government to the year it became a sovereign nation. This was when Singapore began its process of great development. Kampong folk moved into high-rise housing, new careers came with factories built in Jurong, the trading of stocks and shares began in Raffles Place, television was introduced to Singapore, and the new red-brick National Library opened on Stamford Road. Yet, some things remained unchanged. Bumboats still jostled on the fetid waters of the Singapore River, children played on five-foot-ways, families enjoyed the sea air along Queen Elizabeth Walk, and eating out at street-side hawker stalls was a way of life. For those who remember these scenes, this book will evoke a lost time. And for those who do not, it is a window to a simpler, unhurried life.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lee Geok Boi was Assistant to the Editor of The Straits Times (executive features writer and executive sub-editor) and adjunct lecturer in Temasek Polytechnic/Visual Communications Diploma course. She has been an editorial consultant since 1989. Geok Boi has authored and edited numerous books on social and corporate histories and cookery.

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Verlag
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9811467951
ISBN 13 
9789811467950
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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