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Author : Sharifah Hamzah
Release : 2011
Genre : Malays (Asian people)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 390/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Kampung Memories by : Sharifah Hamzah
Download or read book Kampung Memories written by Sharifah Hamzah. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shawn Li Song Seah
Release : 2020-09-17
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 709/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My Father's Kampung: A History Of Aukang And Punggol by : Shawn Li Song Seah
Download or read book My Father's Kampung: A History Of Aukang And Punggol written by Shawn Li Song Seah. This book was released on 2020-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by author and speaker Shawn Seah, My Father's Kampung delves into the social history of Aukang and Punggol as it traces a son's journey to better understand and appreciate the kampung life his father lived. The book is rich in personal stories and oral histories of those who lived there from the 1940s to 1970s, brought to life by Seah's passionate narrative as well as illustrations and photos.This book is supported by the National Heritage Board, with Forewords by Robert Yeo and Montfort Alumni.
Author : Suk-wai Cheong
Release : 2019-06-21
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 034/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sound Of Memories, The: Recordings From The Oral History Centre, Singapore by : Suk-wai Cheong
Download or read book Sound Of Memories, The: Recordings From The Oral History Centre, Singapore written by Suk-wai Cheong. This book was released on 2019-06-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sound of Memories: Recordings from the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the happy, funny, poignant and bittersweet — but always heartwarming and unforgettable — stories, memories and anecdotes of Singaporeans from all walks of life. Distilled from almost 5,000 interviews that the National Archives of Singapore's Oral History Centre has collected since 1979, these recordings describe the experiences of everyman, from tycoons and tailors to chief executive officers and chief cooks.Relive the significant moments that have unfolded in Singapore's history through the eyes of people who personally bore witness to these events. Their recollections are vividly captured in chapters on communities, schooldays, popular pastimes, the Japanese Occupation, food, national tragedies, medicine, economy, women, the performing arts and sports.
Author : Abidin Kusno
Release : 2010-02-25
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 577/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Appearances of Memory by : Abidin Kusno
Download or read book The Appearances of Memory written by Abidin Kusno. This book was released on 2010-02-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Appearances of Memory, the Indonesian architectural and urban historian Abidin Kusno explores the connections between the built environment and political consciousness in Indonesia during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Focusing primarily on Jakarta, he describes how perceptions of the past, anxieties about the rapid pace of change in the present, and hopes for the future have been embodied in architecture and urban space at different historical moments. He argues that the built environment serves as a reminder of the practices of the past and an instantiation of the desire to remake oneself within, as well as beyond, one’s particular time and place. Addressing developments in Indonesia since the fall of President Suharto’s regime in 1998, Kusno delves into such topics as the domestication of traumatic violence and the restoration of order in the urban space, the intense interest in urban history in contemporary Indonesia, and the implications of “superblocks,” large urban complexes consisting of residences, offices, shops, and entertainment venues. Moving farther back in time, he examines how Indonesian architects reinvented colonial architectural styles to challenge the political culture of the state, how colonial structures such as railway and commercial buildings created a new, politically charged cognitive map of cities in Java in the early twentieth century, and how the Dutch, in attempting to quell dissent, imposed a distinctive urban visual order in the 1930s. Finally, the present and the past meet in his long-term considerations of how Java has responded to the global flow of Islamic architecture, and how the meanings of Indonesian gatehouses have changed and persisted over time. The Appearances of Memory is a pioneering look at the roles of architecture and urban development in Indonesia’s ongoing efforts to move forward.
Author : Beng-Huat Chua
Release : 2002-09-11
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 980/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Political Legitimacy and Housing by : Beng-Huat Chua
Download or read book Political Legitimacy and Housing written by Beng-Huat Chua. This book was released on 2002-09-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore's successful public housing programme is a source of political legitimacy for the ruling People's Action Party. Beng-Huat Chua accounts for the success of public housing in Singapore and draws out lessons for other nations. Housing in Singapore, he explains in this incisive analysis, is seen neither as a consumer good (as in the US) nor as a social right (as in the social democracies of Europe). The author goes on to look at the ways in which Singapore's planners have dealt with the problems of creating communities in a modern urban environment. He concludes that the success of the public housing programme has done much for Singapore.
