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  • DECOLONIZING THE HISTORY CURRICULUM IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE
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    DECOLONIZING THE HISTORY CURRICULUM IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE
    KEVIN BLACKBURN / ZONGLUN WU
    Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore is a unique study in the history of education because it examines decolonization in terms of how it changed the subject of history in the school curriculum of two colonized countries – Malaysia and Singapore. Blackburn and Wu’s book analyzes the transition of the subject of history from colonial education to postcolo...

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  • EDUCATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE END OF EMPIRE IN SINGAPORE
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    EDUCATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE END OF EMPIRE IN SINGAPORE
    KEVIN BLACKBURN
    Singapore under the ruling People’s Action Party government has been categorized as a developmental state which has utilized education as an instrument of its economic policies and nation-building agenda. However, contrary to accepted assumptions, the use of education by the state to promote economic growth did not begin with the coming to power of the People’s Action Party in ...

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  • FORGOTTEN CAPTIVES IN JAPANESE-OCCUPIED ASIA
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    FORGOTTEN CAPTIVES IN JAPANESE-OCCUPIED ASIA
    BLACKBURN, KEVIN / HACK, KARL
    Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some prisoners of war (POWs) were sent to work in Japan, others to toil on the ‘Death Railway’ between Burma and Thailand. Some camps had death rates below 1 per cent, others of over 20 per cent. While POWs were deployed far and wide as a captive labour force, civilian internees were generally detained locall...

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  • DID SINGAPORE HAVE TO FALL?
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    DID SINGAPORE HAVE TO FALL?
    KARL HACK / KEVIN BLACKBURN
    This book provides a sophisticated summary of up-to-date knowledge on the Fall of Singapore, including the critical tensions between Churchill and local commanders. A focus on the role of Churchill, and on his understanding of the guns and Singapore's fortifications, makes the Fortress central to understanding why and how Singapore fell as it did. The book includes a range of q...

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