Statement of the services of Sir Stamford Raffles / by Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826

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Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles / by Raffles, Sophia, Lady, 1786-1858

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A brief history of Singapore and Malaysia : multiculturalism and prosperity : the shared history of two Southeast Asian tigers by Hale, Chris (Christopher)

Table of Contents: “…The Battle Box of the Past -- Messages from Our Forgotten Ancestors -- The Silk Road of the Sea : Maritime Trade in Ancient Southeast Asia -- The Pivot : The Influence of China and India The Rise and Fall of Medieval Singapore -- Faith on the Wings of Trade : The Coming of Islam to Southeast Asia -- Strangers from the West : The Portuguese Seize Malacca -- The Rise of the East India Company : Vanguard of Empire -- 'A very clever, able, active and judicious man' : The story of Thomas Stamford Raffles -- Thwarting the Dutch : How Raffles Seized Singapore -- Singapore Secured : The Age of Pioneers -- The White Rajahs : The Conquest of North Borneo -- The Making of British Malaya : The Rise of the Men of Tin -- Singapore : The Golden Age -- The Empire Strikes Back : Singapore at War -- The fortress : defending Singapore between the wars -- The Japanese Conquest of Malaya and Singapore : Light in the South -- Merdeka or Bust -- Singapore's Struggle for Independence : Opening Moves -- The Emergency War : The Malayan Front Line -- The Clever Mr Lee : The Rise and Rise of Lee Kuan Yew -- High Noon : the London Talks -- The Formation of Malaysia : Independence at Last -- Together Apart : Singapore Goes it Alone -- The Challenges of Independence : Singapore in the Cold War -- Malaysia Takes a Different Road.…”


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Singapore : a biography by Frost, Mark Ravinder

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Prologue -- Temasek 1300s-1600s -- 1: Remnants from the fire -- 2: Trade winds, tales and treachery -- 3: Melaka's Fall, Singapore return -- Settlement 1819-1824 -- 4: Year 1819 -- 5: Adventures of Stamford raffles -- 6: Raja Melaka: Singapore's other founder -- 7: Doctor, the sultan and the scribe -- Emporium 1820s-1860s -- 8: Free port -- 9: Trading lives -- 10: Malcontents -- 11: New colonial order -- Port-City 1860s-1900s -- 12: Jewel of the East -- 13: City's other face -- 14: Beyond the five-foot way -- Modern Times 1890s-1930s -- 15: Island on the move -- 16: Raising nations -- 17: Woman's world -- 18: Cracks in the empire -- Fortress December 1941 -- February 1942 -- 19: Shock of war -- 20: Malaya campaign -- 21: Siege -- 22: Fall -- Syonan-To 1942-1945 -- 23: Fallen City -- 24: Rising sun -- 25: Endurance, resistance, victory -- Merdeka 1945-1959 -- 26: New beginning -- 27: Other Merdekas -- 28: Staging Merdeka -- 29: Struggle for Singapore -- New Nation 1959-1965 -- 30: Power of action -- 31: Opposition -- 32: From confrontation to separation -- Epilogue -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”


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Singapore, Chinese migration, and the making of the British Empire, 1819-67 by Neal, Stan

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