Lion City : Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

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Singapore's evolution into a globalized metropolis.

Lion City could be a good read for those interested in the history and growth of Singapore, and how a small island with diverse ethnic groups managed to become one of the most successful city states in the world. The book highlights the extraordinary leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, and explores the different aspects of Singaporean life, including education, health, art, politics, and demographic challenges. It also delves into the darker side of Singapore's success, such as authoritarian control. Overall, Lion City is a personal, insightful, and essential guide to Singapore's past, present, and future, and how it is shaping East Asia and the world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Lion City : Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

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ISBN: 9781408713594
Authors: Jeevan Vasagar
Date of Publication: 2021-08-10
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Economics, History, Politics
Related Topics: Asia, Politics, History
Goodreads rating: 4.03
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A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia's first globalised city. Lion City examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed 'Disneyland with the death penalty'. Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and definitive guide to the city, and how its extraordinary rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.
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Singapore's evolution into a globalized metropolis.

Lion City could be a good read for those interested in the history and growth of Singapore, and how a small island with diverse ethnic groups managed to become one of the most successful city states in the world. The book highlights the extraordinary leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, and explores the different aspects of Singaporean life, including education, health, art, politics, and demographic challenges. It also delves into the darker side of Singapore's success, such as authoritarian control. Overall, Lion City is a personal, insightful, and essential guide to Singapore's past, present, and future, and how it is shaping East Asia and the world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.