Old Singapore

by Maya Jayapal

Book Overview

Old Singapore provides a vivid description of the social and cultural aspects of the city, culled from the impressions left behind by travelers in the region in the early years of the settlement. Founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819, Singapore confirmed British control of the Malayan peninsula. Drawing on the impressions of a century of visitors and over 40 contemporary illustrations, this is an interesting sketch of the planning and construction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019588552X
• ISBN13: 9780195885521
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.9"