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A Sense of History:
a select bibliography on the history of Singapore

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Singapore, 1826-1867

 

Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Munsyi . The Hikayat Abdullah. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1970. Edited and translated by A. H. Hill. Reprint. Originally published in 1955. [PL5133.1 HAa.Hil]

Abeel, David . Journal of a residence in China and the neighboring countries, from 1829-1833. Contains references to missionary activities in Singapore. New York: Leavitt, Lord, 1834. 398p. [DS507 Abe]

Anandarajan, Krishner . Colonial architecture and urban development in Singapore 1819-1853. 60p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1958. [NA9253.2 Ana]

Anthonisz, J. O.  Currency reform in the Straits Settlements. London: R.W. Simpson, [1915?]. 160p. [HG1320 Ant]

Begbie, P. J.  The Malayan Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1967. 523p. Reprint. Originally published in Madras, 1834. Has a chapter on Singapore. [DS596 Beg]

Braddell, T.  Notes on the Chinese in the Straits. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, 9:109-124, 1855. [DS501 JIEA]

Braddell, T.  Statistics of the British possessions in the Straits of Malacca. Penang, 1861. 56p. Microfilm.

Buckley, Charles Burton.  An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore: from the foundation of the settlement under the honourable the East India Company  on February 6th, 1819 to the transfer to the Colonial Office as part of the colonial possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1984. 790p. Reprint. Originally published in 1902. Based mainly on excerpts from the Singapore Free Press for the post-1835 period. [DS599.6 Buc]

Cameron, John . Our tropical possessions in Malayan India. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1965. 408p. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1865. [DS592 Cam]

Cavenagh, Orfeur . Reminiscences of an Indian official. London: W. H.Allen , 1884. 372p. Contains an account of his governorship of the Straits Settlements. [DS475.2 Cav]

Cheng, Hui Cheng . Singapore: early town development, 1819-1836. 86p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1982. [D6 *1982 3]  

Chew, Suan Imm . The administration of Governor Samuel George Bonham in the Straits Settlements, 1837-1843. 102p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1961. [DS595.6 Bon.C]

Chng, David K. Y.  Heroic images of Ming loyalists: a study of the spirit tablets of the Ghee Hin Kongsi leaders in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore Society of Asian Studies, 1999. 157p. [HS315.12 Chn]

Collingwood, Cuthbert . Rambles of a naturalist on the shores and waters of the China Sea: being observations in natural history during a voyage to China, Formosa, Borneo, Singapore, etc., made in Her Majesty’s vessels in 1866 and 1867. London, J. Murray, 1868. 445p. Contains observations of the conditions in Singapore (pp. 242-274). [QH179 Col]

Cowan, C. D.  New Harbour, Singapore and the cruise of HMS Meander, 1848-49. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 38(2):229-240, 1966. [DS591 RASMJ]

Crawfurd, John . A descriptive dictionary of the Indian islands and adjacent countries. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1971. 459p. Reprint. Originally published in 1856. Pp. 359-402 is on Singapore. [DS600 Cra]

Davies, John D.  The growth and development of local government in Singapore, 1848-1887. 58p. Academic exercise--Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1954. JS7172 Dav

Dhoraisingam, Stephen Samuel . Robert Fullerton, Governor of the Straits Settlements, 1824-1830. 67p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1961. [DS595.6 Ful.S]

Doraisingham Manonmany . Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of the Straits Settlements, 1859-1867. 95p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1961. 
[DS595.6 Cav.D]

Earl, George Windsor . The eastern seas. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1971. 461p. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1837. [DS522.3 Ear]

Firbank, L. T.  A history of Fort Canning. [Singapore: L. T. Firbank, 196?]. 27p. Unpublished typescript. [DS599.7 Fir]

Freedman, Maurice . Chinese kinship and marriage in early Singapore. Journal of Southeast Asian History, 3(2):65-73, 1962. [DS501 JSAH]

Freedman, Maurice . Immigrants and associations in 19th century Singapore. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 3:25-48, 1960/61. [HM101 CSSH]

Friends of Singapore . The house in Coleman Street. Singapore: Friends of Singapore, 1956. 20p. [NA1530.12 Col.Ho]

Gibson-Hill, C. A.  The Singapore Chronicle 1824-37. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 42(1):166-191, 1969. [DS591 RASMJ]

Hackler, Rhoda E. A.  Americans in Singapore, 1819-1850. 69p. Unpublished paper submitted for a non-graduating course in the Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960. 
[DS599.4 Hac]

Hall-Jones, John . The Thomson paintings: mid-nineteenth century paintings of the Straits Settlements and Malaya. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1983. 84p. [ND2050 Tho]

Hall-Jones, John  & Hooi, Christopher . An early surveyor in Singapore: John Turnbull Thomson in Singapore, 1841-1853. Singapore: National Museum, 1979. 135p. [DS599.51 Thos.J]

Hancock, T. H. H.  Coleman of Singapore. Singapore: Antiques of the Orient, 1985. 12p. Reprinted from The Architectural review, March 1955. [NA1530.12 Col.H]

Hancock, T. H. H.  Coleman's Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in association with Pelanduk Publications, 1986. 94p. [DS591 Rasmm 15]

Holloway, C. P.,  comp. Tabular statements of the commerce and shipping of Singapore, 1823/24-1840/44. Singapore: Mission Press, 1842-45. 2 vols. Microfilm.

Jackson, James C.  Chinese agricultural pioneering in Singapore and Johore, 1800-1917. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 38(1):77-105, 1965. [DS591 RASMJ]

Jackson, James C.  Planters and speculators: Chinese and European agricultural enterprise in Malaya, 1786-1921. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1968. 312p. [S471.1 Jac]

Kanayson, Ampalavanar . The newspapers of Singapore, 1824-1914. 94p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1956. [PN5449.12 Kan]

Kathirithamby, Jeyamalar . The Singapore administration and its civil servants, 1819-30. 290p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1963. Microfilm.

Kathirithamby-Wells, J.  Early Singapore and the inception of a Brtish administrative tradition. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 42(2):48-73, Dec. 1969. [DS591 RASMJ]

Khoo, Chit Seng . Administration in the Straits Settlements 1826-1832. 55p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1959. [JS7152.3 Kho]

Khoo, Kay Kim . The Western Malay States, 1850-1873: the effects of commercial development on Malay politics. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1972. 244p. A revision of the author's thesis (M.A.), University of Malaya, 1967. [DS596.2 Kho]

Khoo, Kay Kim . The Western Malay States, 1861-1873: the political effects of the growth of economic activities. 389p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1967. [DS596.2 Kho]

Kyshe, James W. N.  A judicial history of the Straits Settlements, 1786-1890. Malaya Law Review, 11(1):39-179, 1969. [KA1 MALR]

Kyshe, James W. N.  Cases heard and determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, 1808-1884. Singapore: Printed at the Singapore and Straits Printing Office, 1885-1890. 4 vols. Has a valuable introduction to the early history of legal development in Singapore. [K7596 Ky]

Lee, Y. K.  The grand jury in early Singapore 1819-1873. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 46(2): 55-150, 1973. [DS591 RASMJ]

Lee, Yong Kiat . The medical history of early Singapore. Tokyo: Southeast Asian Medical Information Center, 1978. 334p. Covers the period from 1819 to 1874. [R644.12 Lea]

Leonard, Jane K.  Wei Yuan and China's rediscovery of the maritime world. Cambridge, MA: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1984. 276p. Has some interesting insights into Chinese perceptions of Singapore's role in this period. [DS518.15 Wei.L]

Lim, Kheng Eng . Sir Peter Benson Maxwell: his Malayan career 1856-1871. 55p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1959. [DS595.6 Map.L]

Lim, Meng Whye . The absence of Chinese from the Singapore Police Force in the nineteenth century. 36p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, Nanyang University, 1972. [D6*N 1972 2]

Lim, Say Hup . W. J. Butterworth's administration of the Straits Settlements, 1843-1855. 60p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960. [DS595.6 But.L]

Lim, Siu Hong . History of landuse pattern in Singapore, 1819-1867. 63p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1983. [D6 *1983 7]

Low, Siow Chek . Gambier and pepper planting in Singapore, 1819-1860. 51p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1955. [HD9210.12 Low]

McNair, J. F. A.  & Bayliss, W. D.  Prisoners their own warders. Westminster, UK: A. Constable, 1899. 191p. A first-hand account of the convict system. [HV8960.12 Macn]

Mak, Lau Fong . Chinese secret societies in the nineteenth-century Straits Settlements. IN Lee, Lai To, ed. Early Chinese immigrant societies: case studies from North America and British Southeast Asia. Singapore: Heinemann Asia , 1988. Pp. 230-243. [DS599.4 *Chi.Ea]

Mak, Lau Fong . Rigidity of system boundary among major Chinese dialect groups in the 19th century: a study of inscription data. Singapore: Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Nanyang University, 1978. 39 leaves. [HN770.2 Mak]

Mak, Lau Fong . Subcommunal participation and leadership cohesiveness of the Chinese in 19th century Singapore. Modern Asian Studies, 17(30:437-463, 1983. [DS1 MAS]

Makepeace, Walter E.  & Braddell, Roland St. John  & Brooke, G. S.,  eds. One hundred years of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. 2 vols. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1921. [DS599.6 Onh]

Mills, L. A.  British Malaya, 1824-67. Singapore: Methodist Publishing House, 1925. 340p. [DS596.2 Mil]

Nassim, Elissa . The administration of justice in the Straits Settlements, 1819-1855. 62p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960. [JQ698.3 Nas]

Newbold, T. J.  Political and statistical account of the British settlements in the Straits of Malacca. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1971. 2 vols. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1839. Has a chapter on Singapore. [DS592 New]

Ng, Philomena Soo Ching . The character and career of Mr. William Henry Macleod Read. 42p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1958. [DS599.51 Rea.N]

Param Ajeet Singh Bal. The civil service in the Straits Settlements 1819-1867. 112p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960. [JQ696.3 Par]

Pickering, W. A. . Chinese secret societies and their origin, part 1. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1:63-84, 1878. [DS591 RASMJ]

Pickering, W. A. . Chinese secret societies and their origin, part 2. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 3:1-18, 1879. [DS591 RASMJ]

Pridmore, Fred . Coins and coinages of Straits Settlements and British Malaya, 1786 to 1951. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 177p. [HG1320 Pri]

Read, W. H. M.  Play and politics: recollections of Malaya by an old resident. London: W. Gardner, Darton, 1901. 178p. W. H. Read (1819-1901) came to Singapore in 1841 and played a prominent part in the affairs of the colony in the mid-nineteenth century. [DS592 Rea]

Reid, Anthony . Merchant imperialist: W. H. Read and the Dutch Consulate in the Straits Settlements. IN Barrington, Brooke, ed. Empires, imperialism and Southeast Asia: essays in honour of Nicholas Tarling. Clayton, Vic.: Monash Asia Institute, 1997. Pp. 34-59. An account of W. H. Read's long and influential service with the Dutch crown from 1873; of which there was no mention in his memoirs. [DS525.9 Gre.Em]

SarDesai, D. R.  British trade and expansion in Southeast Asia 1830-1914. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1977. Has a chapter on Singapore. [HF3508 Asi.S

Seah, Eu Chin . The Chinese in Singapore: general sketch of the numbers, tribes and advocations of the Chinese in Singapore. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, 2:283-289, 1848. [DS501 JIEA]

Sharom Ahmat . American trade with Singapore, 1819-1865. Journal of the Malaysian Branch Of the Royal Asiatic Society, 38(2):241-257, 1965. [DS591 RASMJ]

Sharom Ahmat . Joseph B. Balestier: the first American consul in Singapore 1833-1852. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 39(2):108-122, 1966. [DS591 RASMJ]

Smith, Albert Richard . To China and back: being a diary kept, out and home. London: Egyptian Hall, 1859. 60p. Has a description of Singapore in 1858. [DS709 Smi]

Sodhy, Pamela . United States consuls in Singapore 1859-1880. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 56(1):12-33, 1983. [DS591 RASMJ]

Tarling, Nicholas . British policy in the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, 1824-1871. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 30(3):1-228. Revision of author's thesis (Ph.D.) presented to Cambridge University, 1956. [DS591 RASMJ]

Tarling, Nicholas . Piracy and politics in the Malay world: a study of British imperialism in nineteenth-century South-East Asia. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1963. 273p. [DS603 Tar]

Tay, Seow Huah . The history of the Singapore Police Force, 1819-1889. 52p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1956. [HV7839.2 Tay]

Teh, Eng Kim . E. A. Blundell as governor, 1855-1859. 42p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1959. [DS595.6 Blu.T]

Thio, Eunice . The Singapore Chinese Protectorate: events and conditions leading to its establishment, 1823-1877. Journal of the South Seas Society, 6(1/2):40-80, 1960. [DS501 SSSJ]

Thio, Eunice . The Singapore Chinese Protectorate: events and conditions leading to its establishment, 1823-1877. 54p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1952. [DS599.61 Thi]

Thomson, J. T.  Some glimpses into life in the Far East. 2nd ed. London: Richardson & Co., 1865. 332p.  [DS507 Tho]

Thomson, J. T.  Sequel to some glimpses into life in the Far East. 2nd ed. London: Richardson & Co., 1865. 313 p. [DS507 Tho]

Tregonning, K. G.  The origin of the Straits Steamship Company in 1890. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 38(2):289, 1966. [DS591 RASMJ]

Trocki, Carl A.  Opium and empire: Chinese society in colonial Singapore, 1800-1910. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990. 260p. [HN770.2 Tro]

Trocki, Carl A.  The rise and fall of the Ngee Heng Kongsi in Singapore. IN Ownby, D. & Somers Heidhues, M., eds. "Secret societies" reconsidered: perspectives on the social history of modern South China and Southeast Asia. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 89-119. [HS310 Sec]

Trocki, Carl A.  The rise of Singapore's great opium syndicate, 1840-86. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 18(1):58-80, 1987. [DS501 JSAS]

Turnbull, C. M.  Convicts in the Straits Settlements 1826-1827. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 43(1):87-103, 1970. [DS591 RASMJ]

Turnbull, C. M.  The European mercantile community in Singapore, 1819-1867. Journal of Southeast Asian History, 10(1):12-35, 1969. [DS501 JSAH]

Turnbull, C. M.  Internal security in the Straits Settlements, 1826-1867. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1(1):37-53, 1970. [DS501 JSAS]

Turnbull, C. M.   The Straits Settlements, 1826-1867: Indian presidency to crown colony. London: Athlone Press, 1972. 428p. [DS596.2 Tur]

Vaughan, J. D.  The manners and customs of the Chinese of the Straits Settlements. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1974. 126p. Reprint. Originally published in 1879. [DS595 Vau]

Wen, Chung Chi . The nineteenth-century Imperial Chinese Consulate in the Straits Settlements: origins and development. 295p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1964. [JX1838 Wen]  

Williams, L. E.  Chinese leadership in early British Singapore. Asian Studies, 2(2):170-179, 1964. [DS1 AST]

Wong, C. S.  A gallery of Chinese kapitans. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1963. 114p. 
[DS596 Won]

Wong, Lin Ken . A study of the trade of Singapore, 1819-1869. 454p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1956. [HF3869.2 Won]

Wong, Lin Ken . The trade of Singapore, 1819-1869. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 30(4):1-315. 1960. Study of Singapore's trade prior to the opening of the Suez Canal. [DS591 RASMJ; HF3869.2 Won]

Yao, Souchou . Ethnic boundaries and structural differentiation: an anthropological analysis of the Straits Chinese in nineteenth century Singapore. Sojourn, 2(2):209-230, 1987. [HN763.5 SSA]

Yen, Ching Hwang . Community and politics: the Chinese in colonial Singapore and Malaysia. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1995. 348p. A collection of twelve articles previously published in various journals between 1970 and 1993. [DS599.4 Yen]

Yen, Ching Hwang . Early Chinese clan organization in Singapore and Malaya 1819-1911. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 13(1):62-87, 1981. [DS501 JSAS]

Yen, Ching Hwang . Early Chinese clan organizations in Singapore and Malaya, 1819-1911. IN Lee, Lai To, ed. Early Chinese immigrant societies: case studies from North America and British Southeast Asia. Singapore: Heinemann Asia , 1988. Pp. 186-229. [DS599.4 *Chi.Ea]

Yen, Ching Hwang . A social history of the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya 1800-1911. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. 433p. [HN770.2 Yen]

Yong, C. F.  Chinese leadership and power in colonial Singapore. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1992. 334p. [DS599.4 Yon]

Yong, C. F.  Chinese leadership in 19th century Singapore. Journal of the Island Society, 1:1-18, 1967. [AS492 XSXBA]

 

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