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9789814414081 Academic Inspection Copy

Technology and Entrepot Colonialism in Singapore, 1819-1940

  • ISBN-13: 9789814414081
  • Publisher: ISEAS
    Imprint: ISEAS
  • By Goh Chor Boon
  • Price: AUD $75.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 28/11/2013
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 152.00mm) 300 pages Weight: 456g
  • Categories: History of engineering & technology [TBX]Singapore [1FMS]
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How did imported technology contribute to the development of the colony of Singapore? Who were the main agents of change in this process? Was there extensive transfer and diffusion of Western science and technology into the port-city? How did the people respond to change? Examining areas such as shipping, port development, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany, electrification, food production and retailing, science and technical education, and health, this book documents the role of technology and, to a smaller extent, science, in the transformation of colonial Singapore before 1940. In doing so, this book hopes to provide a new dimension to the historiography of Singapore from a ""science, technology and society"" perspective.
Associate Professor Goh Chor Boon is General Manager of NIE International Pte Ltd, the business consultancy arm of the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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