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Paperback / softback. New. Historians rely on Singapore's 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? This volume collects studies about Singapore before 1800, bringing together different efforts across the 20th century at reconstructing Singapore's ""missing years"".

Singapore: NUS Press. 2018. Colour and black and white illustrations, 408pp, index, paperback. Historians rely on Singapore's 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 Singapore's "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… Leer más

Singapore Univ Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. 452 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.00 inches.

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Singapore: NUS Press, 2018. First edition. Paperback. New. Most histories of Singapore begin with the establishing of a British East India Company base there in 1817. It is known that the island was important as a trading port five hundred years before that, but what happened in the intervening years? In this volume the editors gather together a range of recent studies that seek to piece together the island's missing history, which was somewhat more significant than implied by John Crawfurd, who described Singapore as 'only the occasional resort of pirates' before the British arrival. New Paperback. First edition 408 pages.with an index Weight 1kg. Post free within Malaysia