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The site of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore : entwined histories of a colonial convent and a nation, 1854-2015 / Sandra Hudd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hudd, Sandra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (Singapore).
- Singapore--History--19th century.
- Singapore.
- Singapore--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study analyzes key developments in colonial and postcolonial Singapore by examining the site of the former Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. It argues that the changing roles of this site have been linked to the society's extensive social and economic changes during its transition from a small colony to a wealthy independent city-state.
- Contents:
- From trading post to nation, from convent to commerce
- Destination Singapore
- The colonial convent 1854-1942
- Tapioca days: under Japanese occupation
- The city renewed, the nation made concrete
- Departures: re-imagining the convent site
- Remembering the past: choices made, places lost
- Remembering the convent
- No more silent nights.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-2412-5
- OCLC:
- 951217580
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