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1 online resource (1 online resource (viii, pages) :) : illustrations (some color), map, digital file |
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text file |
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"First published by Hong Kong University Press"--Title page verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: Forgotten histories; 2: Two countries separated at birth; 3: The end of dominance: Part I; 4: The end of dominance: Part II; 5: Not civil enough; 6: Alibaba and the thieves; 7: Some are more equal than others; Plate 1-16; 8: Colour matters; 9: The influx of God and migrants; 10: The joy of families and security; 11: The stress of work and city life; Epilogue; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
What happens after a country splits apart? Forty-seven years ago Singapore separated from Malaysia. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Malaysia has given preference to the majority Malay Muslims?the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Singapore, meanwhile, has tried to build a meritocracy?ostensibly colour-blind, yet more encouraging perhaps to some Singaporeans than to others. How have these policies affected ordinary people? How do these two divergent nations now see each other and the world around them? Seeking answers to these questions, two Singaporeans set o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vadaketh, Sudhir Thomas -- Travel -- Malaysia.
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Vadaketh, Sudhir Thomas. |
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Travel. |
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Malaysia. |
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Vadaketh, Sudhir Thomas. |
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Singapore -- Economic conditions.
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Singapore. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Malaysia -- Economic conditions.
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Singapore -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Malaysia -- Social conditions.
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9971696479 9789971696474 |
| ISBN |
9789882208841 (electronic book) |
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9882208843 (electronic book) |
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9789971696474 |
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9971696479 |
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9789888139316 |
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