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100	1		_aWalton, Nicholas, _d1972- _eauthor. _9125182
245	1	0	_aSingapore, Singapura : _bfrom miracle to complacency / _cNicholas Walton.
264		1	_aLondon : _bHurst & Company, _c2018.
300			_axvii, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aMaps in lining papers.
520			_a"Modern Singapore is a miracle. Half a century ago, it was thrown out of the Malay Federation and unwillingly became an independent nation. It was tiny, poor, almost devoid of resources, and in a hostile neighbourhood. Now, this unlikely country is at the top of almost every global national index, from high wealth and low crime to superb education and much-envied stability. But have these achievements bred a dangerous sense of complacency? Singapore now faces challenges, from the constraints of authoritarian democracy to changing geographic realities and migration. Walking across this tiny island state, Nicholas Walton teases out its story from British rule and the war years to independence and beyond, exploring the problems and prosperity of the real Singapore." -- _cTaken from book jacket.
651		0	_aSingapore _xHistory. _918867
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