Seven hundred years : a history of Singapore / Kwa Chong Guan [and three others].

Assessments of Singapore's history invariably revolve around Sir Stamford Raffles' arrival in 1819. Before this date - we've been told - "nothing very much appears to have happened in Singapore". Pre-1819 Singapore was a sleepy, historically insignificant fishing village, little more than the "occas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kwa, Chong Guan (Author)
Corporate Authors: Singapore. National Library Board (Publisher)
Marshall Cavendish Editions (Publisher)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Published: Singapore : National Library Board : Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2019]
Subjects:
Singapore > History.
Singapore.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:vii, 314 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
700 years
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Writing Singapore's history
  • The 14th century : advent of a "great city"
  • The 15th century : feeder port and homeland of Melaka's Naval Forces
  • The 16th century : Shahbandaria of the Johor Sultanate
  • The 17th century : contested waterways
  • The 18th century : from Malay Enterpôt to colonial port-city
  • The 19th century : Port-City of the British Empire
  • The 20th century : becoming a global city-state
  • Singapore's challenge.