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Author Hudd, Sandra, author.

Title 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.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 173 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index.
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.
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.
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Subject Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (Singapore)
Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (Singapore)
Singapore -- History -- 19th century.
Singapore.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Singapore -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: The site of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus in Singapore Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498524117 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2016020535
ISBN 9781498524124 ebook
1498524125
9781498524117 cloth : alkaline paper
9781498524124 electronic
1498524117
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