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Historical dictionary of Singapore / Justin Corfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corfield, Justin, 1967-
- Series:
- Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East ; 77.
- Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East ; no. 77
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Singapore--History--Dictionaries.
- Singapore.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (397 p.)
- Edition:
- New ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Historical Dictionary of Singapore relates this history of this country through a chronology, an introductory essay, an expansive bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Singapore history from the earliest times to the present.
- Contents:
- Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: Colonial Officials in Singapore; Appendix B: Heads of State and Heads of Government; Appendix C: Population Statistics; Bibliography; About the Author
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Historical dictionary of Singapore / K. Mulliner and Lian The-Mulliner. 1991, in series: Asian historical dictionaries, no. 7.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-361).
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-43379-8
- 979-82-16-31029-7
- 1-282-93668-9
- 9786612936685
- 0-8108-7387-7
- OCLC:
- 700470644
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