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

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Singapore, 1945-1955: Aftermath of War

 

Abdul Aziz Hussain . Penerbitan buku2 dan majallah2 Melayu di-Singapura di-antara bulan September 1945 dengan bulan September 1958. 99p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Malay Studies, University of Malaya, 1959. Microfilm.

Abdul Latiff Sahan . Political attitudes of the Malays, 1945-1953. 93p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1959. [JQ699.5 Abd]

Adams, Richard McAllister . The Malayan Union: a study in British empire federation. 146p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Colorado, 1947. Microfilm.

Allen, D. F.  Report on the major ports of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur: Govt. Press, 1951. 176p., 19 folded maps. [HE559.1 All]

Allen, James de V.  The Malayan Union. New Haven, CT: Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University, 1967. 181p. [DS596.5 All]

Ampalavanar, Rajeswary . The Indian minority and political change in Malaya, 1945-1957. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1981. 260 p. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1978. [DS596.5 Amp]

Ampalavanar, Rajeswary . Politics and the Indian community in West Malaysia and Singapore, 1945-1957. 289p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1978. Microfilm.

Anderson, Patrick . Snake wine: a Singapore episode. London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. 288p. An account of Anderson taught in the University of Malaya between 1950 and 1952. [PR9299 A548S] 

Andrew, Herbert . Who won the Malayan emergency? Singapore: Graham Brash, 1995. 128p. [DS596.5 And]

Arnold, Guy . Wars in the Third World since 1945. 2nd ed. London: Cassell, 1995. 670p. Has a succint account of the Malayan Emergency (pp. 99-106). [D842 Arn]

Asiah Abu Samah . Emancipation of Malay women, 1945-1957. 87p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960. [HQ1784 Asi]

Awbery, Stan S.  & Dalley, Fred . W. Labour and trade union organisation in the Federation of Malaya and Singapore: report. Kuala Lumpur: Govt. Press, 1948. 70p. Report of an investigation carried out in 1947-1948 for the Secretary of State for the Colonies. [HD8769 Awb]

Bellows, Thomas J.  The Singapore party system: the first two decades. 396p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Yale University, 1968. Microfilm.

Blaut, J. M.  The economic geography of a one-acre farm on Singapore island: a study in applied micro-geography. Malayan Journal of Tropical Geography, 1:37-48, Oct. 1953.

Carnell, Francis G.  Political ferment in Singapore. Far Eastern Survey, 34(7):97-102, 1955. [DS1 FES]

Chang, Chak Yin . Political violence in Malaysia and Singapore. 141p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Western Ontario, 1971. Covers the period from 1946 to 1965. Microfilm.

Cheah, Boon Kheng . Century of communist struggle in Asia. Discusses among other topics the struggle of the Communist party of Malaya in Malaya and Singapore. Straits Times. Millennial Special, 31 December 1999, pp. 34-35.

Cheah, Boon Kheng . A contest for post-war Malaya: social conflict, August 1945-March 1946. 458p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Australian National University, 1978. Microfiche.

Cheah, Boon Kheng . The Malayan Democratic Union, 1945-1948. 440p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1975. [D6*M 1975 2]

Cheah, Boon Kheng . The masked comrades: a study of the communist United Front in Malaya, 1945-48. Singapore: Times Books International, 1979. 172p. A study of the Malayan Democratic Union, its relations with the Malayan Communist Party and the role of John Eber. [JQ699.6 *Mcp.C]

Cheah, Boon Kheng . Some aspects of the interregnum in Malaya 15 August - 2 September 1945. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 8(1):48-74, 1977. [DS501 JSAS]

Chee, William Fook Onn . A study of population movement into and out of Singapore in the period, 1947-1957. 53p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Economics, University of Malaya, 1960. [HB3660.2 Che]

Chen, Joseph Tao . Post-war problems of the Chinese in Malaya. 167p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of California, 1955. Microfilm.

Cheng, Siok Hwa . Economic change and industrialization. IN Chew, Ernest C. T. & Lee, Edwin, eds. A history of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. Pp. 182-215. Covers the period from 1945 to the mid-seventies. [DS599.63 His]

Chia, Henry Soo Boon . Island trade of Singapore, 1946-1955. 66p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1958. [HF3869.2 Chi]

Chu, Esme Yun Yun . Economic development in Malaya: the problem in a plural society. 272p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Harvard University, 1954. Microfilm.

Chui, Kwei Chiang  & Hara, Fujio . Emergence, development and dissolution of the pro-China organizations in Singapore. Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies, 1991. 133p. [DS599.61 Chu]

Clague, Peter. Iron Spearhead: the true story of a communist killer squad in Singapore. Singapore: Heinemann, 1980. 153p. Stories of murder and attempted murder by a communist killer squad led by Wong Fook Kwang alias Tit Fung or ‘Iron Spearhead’. [DS599.51 Wfk.C]

Clutterbuck, Richard . Conflict and violence in Singapore and Malaysia, 1945-1983. Rev., updated & enl. ed. Singapore: Graham Brash, 1984. 412 p. Parts I and II were originally published in 1973 as Riot and revolution in Singapore and Malaya, 1945-1963. [DS599.61 Clu]

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. United Kingdom Branch . Singapore and the Federation of Malaya: report of the parliamentary delegation, September-October 1950. London: Executive Committee, United Kingdom Branch, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 1950. 32p. [DS596.5 Com]

Darusman, Suryono . Singapore and the Indonesian revolution, 1945-50: recollections of Suryono Darusman. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1992. 73p. [DS640 Sin.D]

Dhoraisingam, Stephen Samuel . A comparative study of the Malayan and the Singapore legislatures, 1945-1959. 215p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1967. [JQ697.5 Sam]

Djamour, Judith . Family structure of the Singapore Malays: report to the Colonial Social Science Research Council (Scheme R.281). London: Colonial Office, 1953. 141p. [HQ690.2 Dja]

Djamour, Judith . Malay kinship and marriage in Singapore. 1st ed., reprinted with corrections. London: Athlone Press, 1965. 155p. Based on fieldwork carried out in 1949-1950. [HQ690.2 Dja]

Donnison, F. S. V.  British military administration in the Far East 1943-46. London: H.M.S.O., 1956. 483p. [D802 Asi.D]

Ee, Tiang Hong . Education in Malaysia and Singapore: a comparative study of racial and cultural factors as determinants of education policy 1945-1970. 216p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Western Australia, 1984. [LB7*UWAS 1984 1]

Elinah Abdullah . Malay political activities in Singapore 1945-1959. 108p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1992. [D6 *1992 4]

Elliott, Alan J. A.  Chinese spirit-medium cults in Singapore. London: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1955. 179p. [BL1950.12 Ell]

The entrepot trade of Singapore. Singapore: Dept. of Trade and Industry, British Military Administration, 1945. 21 leaves. [HF3869.2 Sin]

Fennell, Thomas Rixon . Commitment to change: a history of Malayan educational policy, 1945-1957. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1970. 543p. Thesis (Ph.D) - University of Hawaii, 1968. [LA1236 Fee]

Fraser, James M.  Town planning and housing in Singapore. Town Planning Review, 23(1):5-25, Apr. 1952. [NA9000 TPR]

Freedman, Maurice . Chinese family and marriage in Singapore. London: H.M.S.O., 1957. 249p. [HQ690.2 Fre]

Freedman, Maurice . Colonial law and Chinese society. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 80(1/2):97-126, 1950. An account of the family law applicable to the Chinese in Singapore and the problem of the relationship between colonial law and customary law of the Chinese. Based on fieldwork in Singapore in 1949/50. [GN2 RAI]

Freedman, Maurice  & Topley, Marjorie . Religious and social realignment among the Chinese in Singapore. Journal of Asian Studies, 21(1):3-23, 1961. [DS1 JAS]

Gamba, Charles . The origins of trade unionism in Malaya: a study in colonial labour unrest. Singapore: Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press, 1962. 511p. [HD6855 Gam.O]

Gamba, Charles . Labour law in Malaya. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1955. 47p. [HD7945.1 Gam]

Gilmour, Andrew . An eastern cadet's anecdotage. Singapore: University Education Press, 1974. 174p. [DS599.51 Gil]

Gilmour, Andrew. My role in the rehabilitation of Singapore: 1946-1953. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1973. 100 leaves. [DS599.51 Gil]

Gilmour, Oswald Wellington . With freedom to Singapore. London: Benn, 1950. 287p. Has comments on newly liberated Singapore. [DS599.6 Gil]

Goh, Keng Swee . Urban incomes & housing: a report on the social survey of Singapore, 1953-54. Singapore: Dept. of Social Welfare, 1956. 215p. [HN770.2 Goh]

Great Britain. Colonial Office . British dependeocies in the Far East 1945-1949. London: H.M.S.O., 1949. [DS526.6 Gre]

Great. Britain. Colonial Office . British South East Asia recovers. Singapore: Straits Times Press, 1949. 64p. Condensed from the Colonial Office publication "British dependencies in the Far East, 1945-1949". [DS526.6 Gre]

Great Britain. Colonial Office . Information on the Colony of Singapore for 1949 transmitted by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom to the Secretary-General of the United Nations under article 73 (e) of the United Nations Charter and in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of General Assembly Resolution 218 (III) of 3rd November, 1948. London: H.M.S.O., 1948. 90p. [J618 Gre]

Great Britain. Colonial Office . Malayan Union and Singapore: statement of policy on future constitution. London: H.M.S.O., 1946. 6p. (Command Paper 6724). [JQ693.4 Mas]

Great Britain. Colonial Office . Malayan Union and Singapore: summary of proposed constitutional arrangements. London: H.M.S.O., 1946. 8p. (Command Paper 6749). [JQ693.4 Gre]    

Great Britain. Commission on University Education in Malaya . Report of the Commission on University Education in Malaya. Kuala Lumpur: Govt. Press, 1948. 150p. Alexander Carr-Saunders, chairman. [LG396 MU*Co]

Gullick, John . The end of colonial rule in Malaya. Asian Affairs, 30(3):312-315, 1999. Gullick spent twelve years in Malaya as an officer of the Malayan Civil Service during the period of emergency and preparation for independence. His talk focused on the gradual handover of power to indigenous politicians in the 1950s. [DS1 RCAS]

Hack, Karl . Defence and decolonisation in Southeast Asia: Britain, Malaya and Singapore, 1941-1968. Richmond, UK: Curzon, 2001. 341p. Looks at British defence and decolonisation in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaya and Singapore, from Singapore's fall in 1942 to ‘East of Suez’ withdrawal after 1968. [DS596.5 Hac]

Hack, Karl . Screwing down the people: the Malayan Emergency, decolonisation and ethnicity. IN Antlov, H. & Tonnesson, S., eds. Imperial policy and Southeast Asian nationalism, 1930-1957. Richmond, UK: Curzon Press, 1995. Pp. 83-109. [DS526.6 Imp]

Hack, Karl. South East Asia and British strategy, 1944-51. IN Aldrich, R. J., ed. British intelligence, strategy and the cold war, 1945-51. London: Routledge, 1992. Pp. 308-332. [JN329 Int.Br]

Hanrahan, Gene Z.  The communist struggle in Malaya. New York: International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1954. 146 leaves. [[DS596.5 Han]

Hara, Fujio . Malayan Chinese and China: conversion in identity consciousness, 1945-1957. Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies, 1997. 166p. [HC412 Ide 33]

Hawkins, Gerald R.  Reactions to the Malayan Union. Pacific Affairs, 19(3):279-285, 1946. [DU1 PA]

Heng, Melissa Su Lin . The development of public communication in Singapore: from colony to independent nation-state, 1946-1965. 90p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1995. [D6 *1995 8]

Ho, Henry Chun Yuen . A comparative study of post-war industrial development in Singapore and Hong Kong. 189 leaves. Thesis - London School of Economics and Political Science, 1962. [HD2346.12 Ho]

Hoalim, Philip . Malayan Democratic Union: Singapore's first democratic political party. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1972. 26p. [DS599.51 Hoa]

Hodder, B. W.  Racial groupings in Singapore. Malayan Journal of Tropical Geography, 1:25-36, Oct. 1953. [G38 JTG]

Howe, Stephen . Anticolonialism in British politics: the Left and the end of empire, 1918-1964. 373p. “Contains references to the Malayan Democratic Union and the activities of John Eber (pp. 214-219).” [DA18 How]

Hughes, Tom Eames . Tangled worlds: the story of Maria Hertogh. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1980. 64p. [DS599.51 Her.H]

Husin Ali, Syed . Pertubuhan2 bahasa dan sastera Melayu di Singapura selepas PerangDunia II: khasnya Asas 50. 77p. Academic exercise - University of Malaya, Singapore, 1959. Microfilm.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development . The economic development of Malaya: report of a mission organized ... at the request of the governments of the Federation of Malaya, the Crown Colony of Singapore and the United Kingdom. Singapore: Printed and distributed for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by the Govt. Printer, 1955. 520p. [HC497.1 Ibe]

Jackson, Robert . The Malayan emergency: the Commonwealth's wars, 1948-1966. London: Routledge, 1991. 156p. [DS596.5 Jac]

Jesudason, Rosemary Shantha. The causes and significance of the Hertogh riots. 63p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1969. [D6*M 1969 2]

Jones, Stanley Wilson . Public administration in Malaya. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1953. 229p. [JQ692.5 Jon]

Josey, Alex . Trade unionism in Malaya. 2nd rev. ed. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1958. 116p. [HD6855 Jos]

Kaye, Barrington . Upper Nankin Street, Singapore: a sociological study of Chinese households living in a densely populated area. Singapore: University of Malaya Press, 1960. 439p. [HN770.2 Kay]

Kessler-Tay, Monica . Respectable noodles: Chinese family lifestyle in Singapore in the 1950s. Glebe, N.S.W.: Wild & Woolley, 1998. 77p. “Based on photographs taken by Tay Chin Liang during 1948-1956.” [DS599.4 *Chi.Ke]

Khong, Kim Hoong . British rule and the struggle for independence in Malaya, 1945-1957.  Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1976. 450p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Pittsburgh, 1975. [DS596.5 Kho]

Khong, Kim Hoong . Merdeka!: British rule and the struggle for independence in Malaya 1945-1957. Petaling Jaya: Institute for Social Analysis, 1984. 220p. Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Pittsburgh, 1975. [DS596.5 Kho]

King, Frank H. H.  Money in British East Asia. London: H.M.S.O., 1957. 178p. [HG1320 Kin]

Koh, Choo Chin . Implementing government policy for the protection of women and girls in Singapore 1948-66: recollections of a social worker. IN Jaschok, M. & Miers, S., eds. Women and Chinese patriarchy: submission, servitude, and escape. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University, 1994. Pp. 122-140. [HQ1768 Wom]

Komer, R. W.  The Malayan emergency in retrospect: organization of a successful counterinsurgency effort. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1972. 98p. [DS596.5 Kom]

Kwa, Boon Sun . The origin and development of the Singapore Teacher's Union in the post-war colonial period. 347p. Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of Adelaide, 1971. Microfiche.

Lakeman, Enid . Report on Malaya: the relevant facts and opinions. London: McDougall Trust, 1952. 32p. [DS597 Lak]

Lau, Albert . The Malayan Union controversy 1942-1948. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1990. 308p. Revision of author's thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1986. [DS596.5 Lau]

Lau, Albert . The politics of union and citizenship: the evolution of British constitutional policy towards Malaya and Singapore 1942-1948. 332p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1986. Microfiche.

Lee, Soo Ann . Economic growth and the public sector in Malaya and Singapore, 1948-1960. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1974. 192p. [HC497.1 Lee]

Lee, Soo Ann . Economic growth and the public sector in Malaya and Singapore 1948-1960. 365p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Dept. of Economics, University of Singapore, 1969. [HC497.1 Lee]

Lee, Su Yin . British Chinese policy in Singapore, 1930s to mid-1950s: with particular focus on the public service career of Tan Chin Tuan. 218p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1996. [D6 *1996 31]

Lee, Teng Hui . The communist organization in Singapore: its techniques of manpower mobilization and management, 1948-66. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1976. 151p. [HX766.12 Lee]

Leong, Yee Fong . Labour and trade unionism in colonial Malaya: a study of the socio-economic and political bases of the Malayan labour movement, 1930-1957. Pulau Pinang: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1999. 347p. Revised version of author’s doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Malaya in 1989. [HD6855 Leo]

Leong, Yee Fong. Labour and trade unionism in colonial Malaya: a study of the socio-economic and political bases of the Malayan labour movement, 1930-1957. 535p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Universiti Malaya, 1990. [D6*M 1990 1]

Lim, Kim Siam . History of labour legislation in Singapore from 1945 to 1968. 105p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1979. [D6 *1979 4]

Lim, Lee . Education and nation-building: the British perspective in Singapore, 1945-1956. 65p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1996. [D6 *1996 14]

Lim, Seow Yoke . Women in Singapore politics 1945-1970. 114p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1985. [D6 *1985 9]

Lim, Tay Boh , ed. A symposium on the Carr-Saunders report on university education in Malaya. Singapore: International Student Service Malaya, 1948. 44p. [LG396 MU*I]

Mackay, Donald . The Malayan Emergency, 1948-60: the domino that stood. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1997. 174p. [DS596.5 Mac]

Maideen, Haja . The Nadra tragedy: the Maria Hertogh controversy. Petaling Jaya: Pelanduk Publications, 1989. 318p. Translated into Malay under the title: Tragedi Nadra. [DS599.51 Her.M]

Marican, Muhammad Ansari . The Maria Hertogh riots, 1950 (Rusuhan Nadra, 1950). 95p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 11]

Marshall, David . Singapore's struggle for nationhood, 1945-59. Singapore: University Education Press, 1971. 13p. [DS599.61 Mar]

Merican, Malek Ali . Finance in post war Malaya. 295p. Thesis - University of Oxford, 1958. Microfilm.

Middlebrook, S. M.  & Pinnick, A. W.  How Malaya is governed. 2nd ed. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1949.188p. [JQ692.2 Mid]

Mohamed Noordin Sopiee . From Malayan Union to Singapore separation: political unification in the Malaysia region, 1945-65. Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya, 1974. 353p. [JQ699.6 Mns]

Morley, John . Colonial postscript: diary of a district officer, 1935-56. London: Radcliffe Press, 1992. An account of his experience working in the British administration in Singapore and Malaya from 1945-1951 (pp. 161-180). [DT515.77 Mor]

Neo, Goon Hoon . Singapore, 1945-1948: from British Military Administration to the first Legislative Council. 88p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1980. [D6 *1980 6]

Noraslinda Md. Zuber . John A. Brazier and trade unionism in Malaya, 1945-1955. 64p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1997. [D6 *1997 15]

Norhisham Hamjuri Samsuri . Food shortage in Singapore 1945-50. 65p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1995. [D6 *1995 18]

O'Ballance, Edgar . Malaya: the communist insurgent war, 1948-1960. London: Faber, 1966. 188p. [DS596.5 Oba]

Ong, Kim Siong . Development and problems of Singapore secondary education 1947-1969, with special reference to the English-medium secondary schools. 139p. Thesis (M. Ed.) - School of Education. University of Singapore, 1971. [LB7 *1971 1]

Ong, Peck Eng . The origins and early development of the University of Malaya, 1949-62. 84p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 4]

Ong, Suat Boon . The response of the British colonial government in Malaya to the communist victory in China 1948-1950. 74p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1996. [D6 *1996 24]

Owen, K. A.  The history of the Singapore Teachers' Training College as an instrument of government educational policy, 1950-1955. 386p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Wales, 1957. Microfilm.

Owen, Nicholas . Mountbatten at South-East Asia Command. IN Woolgar, C. M., ed. Mountbatten on the record. [Southampton, UK]: Hartley Institute, University of Southampton, 1997. Pp. 21-47. Mentions Mountbatten's views on the Malayan Union and the Malayan Anti-Japanese Resistance Movement. [DA89.1 Mou.Mo]

Palanisamy, K.  A history of Umar Pulavar Tamil School, 1946-1982. 81p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1984. [D6 *1984 14]

Parmer, J. Norman . Trade unions and politics in Malaya. Far Eastern Survey, 24(3):33-39, 1955. [DS1 FES]

Peritz, Rene . The evolving politics of Singapore: a study of trends and issues. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1972. 434 leaves. Thesis (Ph.D.) -University of Pennsylvania, 1964. [JQ723 Per]

Pillay P. Krishnan . Press and film censorship in colonial Singapore 1915-1959. 88p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1990. [D6 *1990 15]

Plumbe, Wilfred J.  The golden pagoda tree: adventures in Southeast Asia. London: Grey Seal, 1990. 221p. Contains an account of his time the fifties in Singapore working as a librarian the University of Malaya Library and his involvement with the local arts scene.

Pulle, James Hartley . The management of political change: British colonial policy towards Singapore, 1942-1954. 301p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1991. Microfiche.

Purcell, Victor . Malaya: communist or free? London: Gollancz, 1954. 288p. [JQ699.5 Pur]

Purcell, Victor . Malayan politics. IN Rose, Saul, ed. Politics in southern Asia. London: Macmillan, 1963. Pp. 218-234. [DS518.1 Ros]

Purcell, Victor . A Malayan Union: the proposed new constitution. Pacific Affairs, 19(1):20-40, 1946. [DU1 PA]

Puthucheary, Dominic  and Jomo K.S. , eds. No cowardly past: James Puthucheary: writings, poems, commentaries. Kuala Lumpur: INSAN, 1998. 227p. [DS595.6 Put]

Pye, Lucian W.  Guerrilla communism in Malaya: its social and political meaning. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956. 369p. [DS596 Pye]

Quek, Soo Ngoh . Lee Kong Chian: contributions to education in Singapore 1945-1965. 82p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1987. [D6 *1987 16]

Randolf, Robert Ingersol . Nationalism, communalism and the independence movement in Malaya. 203p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of California, 1957. Microfilm.

Ratnam, K. J.  Communalism and the political process in Malaya. Kuala Lumpur: Published for the University of Singapore by the University of Malaya Press, 1965. 248p. [DS596.5 Rat]

Rees-Williams, D. R.,  et al. Three reports on the Malayan problems. New York: International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1949. 46 1eaves. Contents: 1. The Malayan situation in 1948 / by D. R. Rees-Williams - 2. A Chinese view of Malaya / by Tan Cheng Lock - 3. Labour and trade union organisation in the Federation of Malaya and Singapore (section 12) / by S. S. Awbery and F. W. Dalley - Appendix: House of Lords debate on Malaya, opening statements, November 10, 1948. [DS596.5 Thr]

Remme, Tilman . Britain and regional cooperation in South-East Asia, 1945-49. London: Routledge, 1995. 261p. [DS526.7 Rem]

Rose, Saul . Socialism in Southern Asia. London: Oxford University Press, 1959. Has a chapter on Malaya and Singapore with comments on Singapore's politics from 1945-1957 (pp. 202-239). [HX382 Ros]

Samuel, Dhoraisingam S.  A comparative study of the Malayan and the Singapore legislatures, 1945-1959. 215p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1967. [JQ697.5 Sam]

Sanger, Clyde . Malcolm MacDonald: bringing an end to empire. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool University Press, 1995. 498p. [DA566.9 Macdm.Sa]

Schaefer, Allan N.  Chinese political conciousness in postwar Malaya, 1946-1957: a historical study. 115 leaves. Thesis (M.A.) - Northern Illinois University, 1968. [DS596.5 Scha]

Scott-Ross, Alice . Tun Dato Sir Cheng Lock Tan: a personal profile. Singapore: A. Scott-Ross, 1990. 307p. [DS595.6 Tan.S]

Shahril Mohd. Shah . The Muslim Advisory Board of Singapore, 1947-1968. 71p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1990. [D6 *1990 18]

Short, Anthony . The Communist insurrection in Malaya, 1948-1960. London: Muller, 1975. 547p. An account of the guerrilla war in Malaya based on access to official records. Republished in Singapore by Cultured Lotus, 2000 under the title In pursuit of mountain rats: the Communist insurrection in Malaya. [DS596.5 Sho]

Suhaimi Mohamed Afandi.  Post-war Singapore under the governorship of Sir Franklin Gimson (1946-1952). 72p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1996. [D6 *1996 25]

Singapore . The report of the police disciplinary inquiries, 1951. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1952. 29p. Reports of the six investigations held to consider the charges against six police officers, arising from the criticisms  contained in the report of the Singapore Riots Inquiry Commission. [HV7839.2 Sin]

Singapore. Advisory Council . Education policy in the Colony of Singapore: ten years' programme adopted in Advisory Council on 7th August, 1947. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1948. 50p. [LA1239.2 Sde]

Singapore. Committee Appointed by His Excellency the Governor of Singapore to Make Recommendations for the Reconstitution of the Legislative Council of the Colony . Report of the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor of Singapore to make recommendations for the Reconstitution of the Legislative Council of the Colony. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1946. P. A. B. Mckerron, chairman. Microfilm.

Singapore . Committee Regarding Burial and Burial Grounds.  Report of the Committee Regarding Burial and Burial Grounds. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1952. 24p. [RA630 Sin.S]]

Singapore. Constitutional Commission . Report of the Constitutional Commission, Singapore. Singapore: Printed by Govt. Print., 1954. 48p. George Rendel, chairman. [JQ723 Scc]

Singapore. Singapore Riots Inquiry Commission . Report of the Singapore Riots Inquiry Commission, 1951: together with a despatch from His Excellency the Governor of Singapore to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1951. 98p. An inquiry into the Hertogh riots in Singapore in 1950. [HV6485.12 Sri]

Singapore. Social Welfare Dept.  A social survey of Singapore: a preliminary study of some aspects of social conditions in the municipal area of Singapore. Singapore: Dept. of Social Welfare, 1947. 165p. [HN770.2 Sss]

Skinner, G. William . Report on the Chinese in Southeast Asia, December 1950. Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, 1951. 91p. Includes, among others, the Chinese in Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak and North Borneo 9pp. 30-62). [DS523.4 Chi.Si]

Soh, Eng Lim . Tan Cheng Lock: his leadership of the Malayan Chinese. 89p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1959. [DS595.6 Tan.S]

Stenson, Michael R.  Industrial conflict in Malaya: prelude to the Communist revolt of 1948. London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 271p. [HD6855 Ste]

Stenson, Michael R.  Organised labour, government and employers in Malaya, 1935-1948. 616p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1969. [HD8769 Ste]

Stenson, Michael R.  Repression and revolt: the origins of the 1948 Communist insurrection in Malaya and Singapore. Athens, OH: Ohio University, Center for International Studies, 1969. 31 leaves. [DS596.5 Ste]

Stern, Michael Frederick . Post-war politics of Malaya, 1945-1950. 121p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of California, 1951. Microfilm.

Stockwell, A. J.  British imperial strategy and decolonisation in South-East Asia, 1947-1957. IN Bassett, D. K. & King, V. T., eds. Britain and South-East Asia. Hull, UK: Centre for South-East Asian Studies, University of Hull, 1986. Pp. 79-90. [DS525.9 Gre.Br]

Stockwell, A. J.  British policy and Malay politics during the Malayan Union experiment 1945-1948. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1979. 206p. [DS591 RASMM]

Stockwell, A. J.  Colonial planning during World War II: the case of Malaya. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 2(3):333-351, 1974. [DA10 JICH]

Stockwell, A. J.  The development of Malay politics during the course of the Malayan Union experiment, 1942-1948. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1973. Microfilm.

Stockwell, A. J.  Imperial security and Moslem militancy, with special reference to the Hertogh riots in Singapore. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 7(2):322-335, 1986. [DS501 JSAS]

Stockwell, A. J. Policing during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-60: communism, communalism and decolonisation. IN Anderson, David M. & Killingray, David, eds. Policing and decolonisation: politics, nationalism, and the police, 1917-65. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1992. Pp. 105-126. [HV7909 Pol]

Stockwell, A. J.  The United States and Britain's decolonization of Malaya, 1942-57. Ryan, David & Pungong, Victor, eds. IN The United States and decolonization: power and freedom. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. 188-206. [ JV151 Uni]

Stockwell, A. J.  ‘A widespread and long-concocted plot to overthrow government in Malaya’?: the origins of the Malayan Emergency. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 21(3):66-88, 1993. [DA10 JICH]

Stubbs, Richard . Hearts and minds in guerrilla warfare: the Malayan emergency, 1948-1960. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1989. 286p. [DS596.5 Stu]

Suhaimi Mohamed Afandi . Post-war Singapore under the governorship of Sir Franklin Gimson 1946-1952. 72p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1996. [D6 *1996 25]

Sweeney, George . Political parties in Singapore 1945-1955. Hull: University of Hull, 1973. 322p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Hull, 1973. Microfilm.

Sweeney, George. Singapore, 1945-47. IN Mohamed Amin & Caldwell, Malcolm, eds. Malaya: the making of a neo-colony. Nottingham, UK: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation for Spokesman Books, 1977. Pp. 119-215. [DS596 Ma]

Tan, Eng Leong . The establishment of Nanyang University 1953-1956. 62p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1973. [D6 *1973 14]

Tan, Kay Chee . The communist insurrection in Malaya, 1948-60: a study of different interpretations of its origins and failure. 81p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1976. [D6 *1976 8]

Tan, Kim Chia . Public housing in Singapore 1947-70: the work of the SIT and the HDB. 89p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 6]

Tan, Kok Seng . Son of Singapore: the autobiography of a coolie. Singapore: University Education Press, 1972. 132p. Autobiography of a Chinese-educated labourer who grew up in the 1950s. [DS599.51 Tan]

Tang, Siew Ngoh . A history of the penal system in post-war Singapore, 1948-1963. 74p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1976. [D6 *1976 9]

Tanner, Rolf . A strong showing: Britain's struggle for power and influence in South-East Asia 1942-1950. Stuttgart: F. Steiner, 1994. 299p. [DS525.9 Gre.T]

Tarling, Nicholas . Britain, Southeast Asia and the onset of the Cold War, 1945-1950. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 488p. An account of British policy towards Southeast Asia in the immediate post-war period until the Colombo Plan and the outbreak of hostilities in Korea. While not concerned specifically with Malaya and Singapore, there are references to Malaya, Singapore and Borneo. Companion volume to Britain, Southeast Asia and the onset of the Pacific War. [DS525.9 Gre.T]

Tay, Watt Moi . Ownership and control of the Singapore public companies, 1940-1962. 103p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Economics, University of Singapore, 1964. [HD2915.12 Tay]

Teo, Piah Woon . The Singapore Harbour Board, 1946-57. 69p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1976. [D6 *1976 11]

Then, Lian Mee . The Singapore municipality, 1946-1959. 82p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1960. [JS7172 The]

Thio, Chan Bee . Extraordinary adventures of an ordinary man. London: Grosvenor Books, 1977. 125p. [DS599.51 Thi]

Thiruchelvam Selvadurai . Some observations on the population of Singapore at the 1931 and 1947 censuses. 87p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Economics, University of Malaya, 1951. [HB3660.2 Thi]

Thomas, Francis . Memoirs of a migrant. Singapore: University Education Press, 1972. 145p. [DS599.51 Tho]

Thompson, Virginia . Labor problems in Southeast Asia. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1947. 283p. Deals with the immediate post-war strikes. [HD8666 Tho]

Thompson, Virginia  & Adloff, Richard . The left wing in Southeast Asia. New York: Sloane, 1950. 298p. Has a chapter on Malaya, the growth of Malayan communism and Singapore politics. [DS518.1 Tho]

Thompson, Virginia  &  Adloff, Richard . Minority problems in Southeast Asia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1955. 295p. With sections on the Chinese in Malaya and Singapore (pp. 32-44), Indians in Malaya and Singapore (pp. 93-121), Eurasians in Malaya (pp. 138-142), and Christians in Malaya (pp. 273-279). [DS523.3 Tho]

Tomaru, Junko . The postwar rapprochement of Malaya and Japan, 1945-61: the roles of Britain and Japan in South-East Asia. Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan in association with St Antony’s College, Oxford, 2000. 317p. [DS596.5 Tom]

Tonnesson, Stein . Filling the power vacuum: 1945 in French Indochina, the Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya. IN Antlov, H. & Tonnesson, S., eds. Imperial policy and Southeast Asian nationalism, 1930-1957. Richmond, UK: Curzon Press, 1995. Pp. 110-143. [DS526.6 Imp]

Topley, Marjorie . Chinese rites for the repose of the soul: with special reference to Cantonese custom. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 25(1):149-160, 1952. [DS591 RASMJ]

Topley, Marjorie . Chinese women's vegetarian houses in Singapore. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 27(1):51-67, 1954. [DS591 RASMJ]

Topley, Marjorie . The emergence and social function of Chinese religious associations in Singapore. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 3:289-314, 1960. [HM101 CSSH]

Topley, Marjorie . The organisation and social function of Chinese women's chai t'ang in Singapore. 415p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1958. Microfilm.

Topley, Marjorie . Some occasional rites performed by the Singapore Cantonese. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 24(3):20-143, 1951. [DS591 RASMJ]

Tregonning, K. G.  Tan Cheng Lock: a Malayan nationalist. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 10(1):25-76, 1979. [DS501 JSAS}

Tufo, M. V. Del . Malaya, comprising the Federation of Malaya and the Colony of Singapore: a report on the 1947 census of population. London: Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1949. 1 vol. [HA1792 Mal 1947]

Turnbull, C. M.  British planning for post-war Malaya. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 5(2):239-254, 1974. [DS501 JSAH]

Vasil, Raj K.  Politics in a plural society: a study of non-communal political parties in West Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Published for the Australian Institute of International Affairs by Oxford University Press, 1971. 338p. [JQ699.5 Vas]

Vinacke, Harold M.  Far Eastern politics in the postwar period. London: Allen & Unwin, 1956. 497p. Contains a chapter on British policy and the political situation in post-war Malaya. [DS518.1 Vin]

Warner, Denis . Wake me if there’s trouble: an Australian correspondent at the front line: Asia at war and peace 1944-1964. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin Books, 1995. 346p. Has a description of Singapore in the early fifties and his impressions of Lee Kuan Yew. [DS35.2War]

White, Nicholas J.  Britain and the return of Japanese economic interests to South East Asia after the Second World War. South East Asia Research, 6(3):281-307, 1998. [DS501 SEAR]

Wong, Peggy Yuhung . Problems of post-war Malaya. 108p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of California, 1951. Microfilm.

Wong, Ting-Hong . State formation and Chinese school politics in Singapore and Hong Kong, 1945 to 1965. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 2000. 395p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999. LC8*UMI 77

Yeo, Kim Wah . The anti-federation movement in Malaya 1946-1948. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 4(1):31-51, 1973. [DS501 JSAS]

Yeo, Kim Wah . Joining the communist underground: the conversion of the English-educated radicals to communism in Singapore, June 1948-January 1951. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 67(1):29-59, 1994. [DS591 RASMJ]

Yeo, Kim Wah . Political development in Singapore, 1945-55. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1973. 320p. Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.), University of Singapore. [JQ723 Yeo]

Yeo, Kim Wah . Political development in Singapore, 1945-55. 399p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1968. [JQ723 Yeo]

Yeo, Kim Wah . Student politics in University of Malaya, 1949-51. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 23(2):346-380, 1992. [DS501 JSAS]

Yeo, Kim Wah  & Lau, Albert . From colonialism to independence, 1945-1965. IN Chew, Ernest C. T. & Lee, Edwin, eds. A history of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. Pp. 117-153. [DS599.63 His]

Yeo, Robert . Problems of university development, with reference to Malaysia & Singapore, 1947-67: a case study. 131p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of London, 1968. [LG396 MU*Y]

Yeoh, Oon Jin . Citizenship in Malaya, 1945-1957. 68p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1989. [D6 *1989 21]

Yusof Ngah . Malay nationalism: 1945-1957. 312p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Otago, 1967. Microfilm.

Zahairin Abdul Rahman . Utusan Melayu: origin and history, 1939-1959. 88p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1988. [D6 *1988 23]

Zainal Bahrin Mohammed Zain . The Malayan Union: expectations and results. 43p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1970. [D6*M 1970 5]

Zarinah Abdullah . The British military administration in Singapore. 78p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 3]

Zulkifli Abdullah . The Malayan Union and Malay reactions. 103p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Malaya, 1974. [D6*M 1974 2]

 

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