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

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Singapore, 1955-1965: 
Self-Government, Merger & Separation

 

Abrams, Charles ; Kobe, Susumu  & Koenigsberger, Otto . Growth and urban renewal in Singapore: report prepared for the Government of Singapore. New York: United Nations Programme of Technical Assistance, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, 1963. 196p. Microfilm. An edited selection of the report was later published in Habitat International, 5(1/2):85-127, 1980.

Ahmad Dhaffir . Recent developments in Malay education in Singapore. Journal of the South Seas Society, 18(1&2):110-113, 1964. [DS501 SSSJ]

Ahmad Ibrahim . The legal position of Muslims in Singapore. Intisari, 1(1):40-50, 1962. [DS591 I]

Ahmad Ibrahim . The status of Muslim women in family law in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Singapore: Malayan Law Journal, 1965. 121p. [HQ1784 Ami]

Allen, Richard . Britain's colonial aftermath in Southeast Asia. Asian Survey, 3(9):403-414, 1963. [DS1 AS]

Andersen, Robert Allan . The separation from Malaysia: a study in political involution. Washington, D.C.: Xerox University Microfilms, 1975. Thesis (Ph.D.) - American University, 1973. [JQ723 And]

Ang, Hue Choo . Industrialization in Singapore, 1960-1970. 65p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 10]

Ang, Li Choo . A general history of the trade union movement in Singapore, 1959-1963. 63p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 8]

Ang, Poh Kim . Communist manipulation of a Chinese student body: the Nanyang University Students' Union 1956-1964. 102p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1984. [D6 *1984 2]

Arndt, H. W.  Asian diaries. Singapore: Chopmen Publishers, 1987. 251p. Contains impressions of a one-week visit to Singapore and Malaya in 1958 at the invitation of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Prime Minister of Malaya. [DS10 Arn]

Arumugam Tamilselvam . Singapore's fight for internal self-government under Lim Yew Hock, 1956-1958. 83p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1981. [D6 *1981 2]

Barnett, A. DoakReports on the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya. New York: American Universities Field Staff, 1955. 4 parts in 1. Contents: Pt. 1. Self-rule and unrest - Pt. 2. Notes on the growing forces among Singapore Chinese - Pt. 3. A chronology of three months of unrest in Singapore - Pt. 4. Problems of communalism and communism. [DS599.7 Bar]

Barr, Michael D.  Lee Kuan Yew in Malaysia: a reappraisal of the Lee Kuan Yew's role in the separation of Singapore from Malaysia. Asian Studies Review, 21(1):1-17, 1997. [DS1 ASR]

Bellows, Thomas J.  The People's Action Party of Singapore: emergence of a dominant party system. New Haven, CT.: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, 1970. 195p. [JQ729 *Peo.B]

Blake, D. J.  Patterns of Singapore's trade, 1961-1966. Malayan Economic Review, 13(1):39-69, 1968. [HC497.1 MER]

Bloodworth, Dennis . The tiger and the Trojan horse. Singapore: Times Books International, 1986. 353p. [JQ729 Blo]

Boyce, Peter . Policy without authority: Singapore's external affairs powers. Journal of Southeast Asian History, 6(2):87-103, 1965. [DS501 JSAH]

Brackman, Arnold C.  Southeast Asia's second front: the power struggle in the Malay Archipelago. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1966. 341p. [DS596.7 Bra]

Brocklehurst, G. J.  Report to the Government of Singapore on social security measures. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1957. 88p. [HD7061.12 Bro]

Buchanan, Iain . Singapore in Southeast Asia: an economic and political appraisal. London: G. Bell, 1972. 336p. [JQ723 Buc]

Chan, Cheng Hai . The communist movement in Singapore. 123p. Thesis (M.Soc.Sci.) - Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore, 1978. Study covers the fifties and the early sixties. [JA36 *1978 2]

Chan, Heng Chee . A sensation of independence: a political biography of David Marshall. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1984. 260p. [DS599.51 Mar.C]

Chan, Heng Chee . The political system and political change. IN Hassan, Riaz, ed. Singapore: society in transition. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1976. Pp. 30-51. [HN770.2 Has]

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

Chao, Syh Kwang . The phenomenon of the travelling night market: a study of its origin, growth and organisation. 150p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Social Studies, University of Singapore, 1963. [HF5475.12 Cha]

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.

Chin, Oi Ken . Nantah: from Chinese to National University. 50p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, Nanyang University, 1979. [D6*N 1979 1]

Chong, Peng Khuan , ed. Problems in political development: Singapore. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan Pub. Corp., 1968. 114p. Reprint of articles. [JQ729 Cho]

Chua, S. C.  Report on the census of population 1957. Singapore: Printed by Govt. Printer, 1964. 319p. [HA1801 SSC 1957]

Chung, Wui Yin . The role of commercial banks in the economic development ofSingapore. 71p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Economics, University of Singapore, 1968. [HG3369.2 Chu]

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]

Comber, Leon . David Marshall and "meet the people" - Singapore 1955-56. Asian Studies Review, 18(2):105-112, 1994. [DS1 ASR]

Communism in the Nanyang University. Kuala Lumpur: Govt. Print. Off., 1964. 20p. [HX766.12 Com]

Crabb, C. Henry . Malaya's Eurasians: an opinion. Singapore: Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press, 1960. 85p. [DS595 Cra]

Crowley, Desmond  & Rorke, John . Malaysia. Current Affairs Bulletin, 36(2):19-32, 1965. [DS596.7 Syd]

Darwin, John . Britain and decolonisation: the retreat from empire in the post-war world. London: Macmillan, 1988. 383p. Chapters four and five deal with British policy towards, amongst others, Singapore and Malaya. [JV1018 Dar]

Dale, Ole Johan . Urban planning in Singapore: the transformation of a city. Shah Alam, Selangor: Oxford University Press, 1999. 278p. Covers mainly the period from 1959 to 1998. [HT169.12 Dal]

Dayang Istiaisyah Hussin . Textual construction of a nation: the use of merger and separation. Asian Journal of Social Science, 29(3):401-430, 2001. [H8 SAS]

Dayang Istiaisyah Hussin . Textual construction of a nation: the use of merger and separation. 148p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Sociology, National University of Singapore, 1999. [HM15 *1999 9]

Democratic socialism in action, June 1959-April 1963. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1963. 64p. [JQ729 Smc]

Djamour, Judith . The Muslim matrimonial court in Singapore. London: Athlone Press, 1966. 189p.  Based on fieldwork carried out in 1963. [HQ945.12 Dja]

Drake, P. J.  Financial development in Malaya and Singapore. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1969. 253p. Based on thesis (Ph.D.), Australian National University, 1966. [HG1320 Dra]

Drake, P. J. , ed. Money and banking in Malaya and Singapore. Singapore: Malaysia Publications, 1966. 75p. [HG1320 Dra]

Drysdale, John . Singapore: struggle for success. Singapore: Times Books International, 1984. 506p. [DS599.6 Dry]

Edwards, Peter . Singapore and Malaysia, 1965. IN Lowe, David. Australia and the end of empires: the impact of decolonisation in Australia’s Near North, 1945-65. Geelong, Vic.: Deakin University Press, 1996. Pp. 187-198. A look at the events of August-September 1965 and the repercussions on Australian policymaking on Southeast Asia.  [D543 Aus]

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]

Elegant, Robert . The dragon's seed: Peking and the overseas Chinese. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1959. 319p. [DS732 Ele]

Enright, D. J.  Memoirs of a mendicant professor. London: Chatto & Windus, 1969. 219p. [PR6009 E59M]

Fitzgerald, Stephen . China and the overseas Chinese: a study of Peking's changing policy, 1949-1970. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1972. 268p. [DS732 Fit]

Fletcher, Nancy M . The separation of Singapore from Malaysia. Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1969. 98p. [DS596.7 Fle]

Foo, Hee Ket . The opposition to the merger of Malaysia. 160p. Thesis (M.A.) -University of Auckland, 1969. [JQ723 Foo]

Fong, Sip Chee . The PAP story: the pioneering years, November 1954-April 1968: a diary of events of the People's Action Party: reminiscences of an old cadre. Singapore: Published on behalf of the PAP Chai Chee Branch by Times Periodicals, 1980. 272p. [JQ729 *Peo.F]

Foo, Kim Leng . The 1964 Singapore riots. 117p. Academic exercise – Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1981. [D6 *1981 5]

Franke, Wolfgang . Problems of Chinese education in Singapore and Malaya. Malaysian Journal of Education, 2(2):182-198, 1965. [L71.1 MJE]

Fraser, J. M. The character of cities: 5. Singapore, a problem in population. Town and Country Planning, 23(139):505-509, Nov. 1955. [HN770.2 Fra]

Gamba, Charles . Singapore - city and state. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 5(2):180-190, 1959. [JA26 AJPH]

Gamer, Robert E.  Lee Kuan Yew’s style. Demos, 1(3):   , Nov. 1965/Jan. 1966. [JQ729 D]

Ginsburg, Norton  & Roberts, Chester F.  Malaya. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1958. 533p. “Includes references to Singapore.” [DS592 Gin]

Goh, Chok Tong . Industrial growth in Singapore, 1959-1966. Singapore: Economics Section, Economic Development Division, Ministry of Finance, 1968. 21p. [HC497.12 Goh]

Goh, Chok Tong . Industrial growth in Singapore, 1959-1966. IN Ooi, Jin Bee & Chiang, Hai Ding, eds. Modern Singapore. Singapore: University of Singapore, 1969. Pp. 127-146. [DS599.6 Ooi]

Goh, Hwee Jiang . The Hock Lee bus riots, 1955. 62p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 1]

Goh, Keng Swee . The economics of modernization and other essays. Singapore: Asia Pacific Press, 1972. 294p. A collection of speeches from 1955-1971. [HC497.12 Goh]

Goh, Keng Swee . Investment for development: lessons and experience of Singapore, 1959 to 1971.  18 leaves. Paper delivered at the 3rd Economic Development Seminar "Investment for Development" in Saigon on 17th January, 1973. [HC497.12 Goh]

Goh, Keng Swee . Some problems of industrialisation. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1963. 23p. Based on a series of radio talks.(Towards socialism series; 7). [HC497.12 Goh]

Great Britain. Colonial Office . Report of the Singapore Constitutional Conference held in London in March and April, 1957. London: H.M.S.O., 1957. 20p. (Command Paper 147). [JQ723 Scc 1957]

Gullick, J. M.  Malaysia and its neighbours. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967. 194p. Contains documentary material on the formation of Malaysia and the subsequent withdrawal of Singapore. [DS596.7 Gul]

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]

Hanna, Willard A.  The formation of Malaysia: new factor in world politics. New York: American Universities Field Staff, 1964. 247p. [DS596.7 Han]

Hanna, Willard A.  The Malays’ Singapore. New York: American Universities Field Staff, 1966. 5 parts. Contents: 1. The feudal past - 2. The anomalous present - 3. The Geylang area - 4. The Jalan Eunos Malay Settlements - 5. The seashore and the islands. [DS599.4 Han]

Hanna, Willard A.  Reports on Singapore and Malaya. New York: American Universities Field Staff, 1959. 7 parts. Contents: 1. Singapore prepares for local self-government: an examination of issues and personalities involved in the current political campaign - 2. Fireworks in City Hall: the record of Singapore's City Council - 3. Elections in Malaya, Part I: The winners; Part II: The losers; Part III: The losses of the winners and the gains of the losers - 4. The sumatra: a novel of race and riots in Singapore - 5. Kuala Lumpur: an amalgam of tin, rubber, and races. [DS599.7 Han]

Hanna, Willard A.  The separation of Singapore from Malaysia. New York: American Universities Field Staff, 1965. 25p. [DS596.7 Han]

Harper, T. N.  Lim Chin Siong and the ‘Singapore story’. IN Tan, Jing Quee & Jomo K. S., eds. Comet in our sky: Lim Chin Siong in history. Kuala Lumpur: INSAN, 2001. Pp. 3-55. . [DS599.51 Lcsi.C]

Hassan, Riaz . Class, ethnicity and occupational structure in Singapore. Civilisations, 20(4):496-515, 1970. [D1 C]

Hawkins, David C.  Britain and Malaysia - another view: was the decision to withdraw entirely voluntary or was Britain pushed a little? Asian Survey, 9(7):546-562, 1969. [DS1 AS]

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]

How, Lip Cheng . A history of the National Trades Union Congress, 1961-1971. 56p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1974. [D6 *1974 7]

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development . Report on the economic aspects of Malaysia by a mission of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1963. 98p. [HC497.1 Ibr]

International Labour Office . Report to the Government of Singapore on a proposed social security scheme. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1959. 110p. [HD7061.12 Int]

Jayanath Appudrai . The Progressive Party 1947-1956. 51p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1973. [D6 *1973 3]

Jayletchimi . PAP and the pro-communist trade unions, 1954-61. 83p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1986. [D6 *1986 9]

Jensen, Rolf.  Planning, urban renewal and housing in Singapore. IN Yeung, Y. M. & Lo, C. P., eds. Changing Southeast Asian cities: readings on urbanization. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1976. Pp. 60-75. “Reprinted from Town Planning Review, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 115-131. 1967.” [HT147 Yeu]

Jensen, Rolf.  Planning, urban renewal and housing in Singapore. Town Planning Review, 38(2):115-131, 1967. [NA9000 TPR]

Jones, Matthew . Creating Malaysia: Singapore security, the Borneo territories, and the contours of British policy, 1961-63. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 28(2):85-109, 2000. [DA10 JICH]

Josey, Alex . David Marshall's political interlude. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1982. 189p. [DS599.51 Mar.J]

Kee, Pookong  & Choi, Kwai Keong . A pictorial history of Nantah. Singapore: Chinese Heritage Centre, 2000. 143p. [LG399 Nu*Kee]

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]

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]

Koh, Foong Yin . Singapore. IN Ichimura, S., ed. The economic development of East and Southeast Asia. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1975. Pp. 59-80. A description and analysis of the process of economic growth and development in Singapore from 1950 to 1970. [HC412 Ich]

Koh, Victor Thong Huat . People's Action Party and the City Council, 1957-59. 67p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1983. [D6 *1983 5]

Lam, Peng Er  & Tan, Kevin , eds. Lee's lieutenants: Singapore's old guard. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1999. 250p. A study of the contributions and the critical role of the first-generation PAP leaders in the history of Singapore from the 1950s. [DS599.5 Lee]

Lau, Albert . The Colonial Office and the Singapore Merdeka Mission, 23 April to 15 May 1956. Journal of the South Seas Society, 49:104-122, 1994. [DS501 SSSJ]

Lau, Albert . A moment of anguish: Singapore in Malaysia and the politics of disengagement. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1998. 312p. [DS599.62 Lau]

Lau, Albert . Pragmatism: a history of the ideas of socialism of the People's Action Party 1954-1976. 105p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1981. [D6 *1981 7]

Lau, Teik Soon . National threat perceptions of Singapore. IN Morrison, C. E., ed. Threats to security in East Asia-Pacific: national and regional perspectives. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1983. Pp. 113-124. Discusses the major threats to Singapore's national security: the communists, the communalists and the anti-nationalists; and the ways in which the Singapore government has dealt with them. [UA830 Thr]

Lee, Gary . The political career of Ong Eng Guan. 91p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1987. [D6 *1987 9]

Lee, Kah Chuen . The 1963 Singapore general election. 90p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1977. [D6 *1977 4]

Lee, Kuan Yew . The battle for a Malaysian Malaysia. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1965. 2 vols. in 1. [JQ723 Lee]

Lee, Kuan Yew . The battle for merger. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1962. 207p. [JQ723 Lee]

Lee, Kuan Yew . Excerpts of speeches by Lee Kuan Yew on Singapore, 1959-1973. Singapore, 1976. 230p. Compiled by Douglas Koh. [DS599.51 Lee.Ss]

Lee, Kuan Yew . Malaysia comes of age; Malaysia meningkat dewasa; The winds of change; Malaysia will succeed; Some problems in Malaysia; Are there enough Malaysians to save Malaysia?; Towards a Malaysian Malaysia; Malaysia - age of revolution. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1963-1965. 1 vol. [DS599.51 Lee.Sm]

Lee, Kuan Yew . Prime Minister's speeches, press conferences, interviews, statements, etc. 1959-1980. Singapore : Prime Minister's Office. 17 vols. [DS599.51 Lee.SPM]

Lee, Kuan Yew . The Singapore story: memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings & Times Editions, 1998. 680p. The Singapore Story is the first volume of the memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew and takes his story up to the pivotal moment of separation from Malaysia. [DS599.51 Lee]

Lee, Ting Hui . The open united front: the communist struggle in Singapore, 1954-1966. Singapore: South Seas Society, 1996. 417p. [HX766.12 Lee]

Leifer, Michael . Politics in Singapore: the first term of the People's Action Party, 1959-1963. Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies, 2:102-119, 1963-64. [JA8 JCP]

Leifer, Michael . Singapore in Malaysia: the politics of federation. Journal of Southeast Asian History, 6(2):54-70, 1965. [DS501 JSAH]

Leon-Soh, Felice . Truth behind merger? Singapore, 1962. 81p. [JQ723 Leo]

Leung, Joan Yin Hung . Leaders and parties: a comparative study of Singapore and Indonesia. 196p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Hong Kong, 1976. [JA36*UHK 1976 1]

Liew, Geok Kee . Singapore's National Trades Union Congress and interest representation, 1961-1972. 133p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore, 1974. Microfilm.

Liew, Victor Cheng San . The United National Front: an opposition party in Singapore. 82p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore, 1973. Microfilm.

Lim, Chong Yah . Economic development of Singapore since self-government in 1959. IN Boulding, Kenneth E., ed. The economics of human betterment: proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sussex, 1983. London: Macmillan, 1984. Pp.105-131. [HM101 Eco]

Lim, Tay Boh . The development of Singapore's economy. Singapore: Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press, 1960. 74p. [HC497.12 Lim]

Lim, Yew Hock . Reflections. Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Antara, 1986. 137p. [DS599.51 Lyh.R]

Lim, Vincent Chooi Hin . History of tourism in Singapore 1950-1977. 121p. Academic exercise  Dept. of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Singapore, 1980. [D6 *1980 4]

Loh, Martin Mun Loong . The Lim Yew Hock government 1956-1959. 86p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1976. [D6 *1977 5]

Long, Joey Shi Ruey . The United States involvement in Singapore, 1953-1960. 157p. Thesis (M.A.) - National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1998. [JQ1063 Lon]

Low, Adeline Hwee Cheng . The past in the present: memories of the 1964 'racial riots’ in Singapore. Asian Journal of Social Science, 29(3):431-455, 2001. [H8 SAS]

Low, Adeline Hwee Cheng . The past in the present: memories of the 1964 'racial' riots. 93p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Sociology, National University of Singapore, 1998. [HM15 *1998 31]

Lyle, F. J.  An industrial development programme. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 42p. (Command paper ; Cmd. 5 of 1959). [HD2346.12 Lyl]

Mackie, J. A. C.  Konfrontasi: the Indonesia-Malaysia dispute, 1963-1966. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. 368p. [DS596.7 Mack]

McKie, R. C. H.  The emergence of Malaysia. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. 310p. [DS596.7 Mack]

McKie, R. C. H.  Malaysia in focus. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1963. 236p. Author's impression of events and leading personalities on the eve of the formation of Malaysia. [DS596.7 Mack]

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

Mejar Singh Gill . History of the Singapore Infantry Regiment, 1957-1967. Singapore: Singapore Command and Staff College, 1990. 87p. [UA853.12 Mej]

Mejar Singh Gill . History of the Singapore Infantry Regiment 1957-1967: the pioneering regiment of the SAF. 120p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1987. [D6 *1987 12]

The merger plan. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1961. 14p. [JQ723 Smc]

Mills, L. A.  Malaya: a political and economic appraisal. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1958. 234p. Has a good chapter on Singapore. [DS596.5 Mil]

Milne, R. S.  Malaysia: a federation in the making. Asian Survey, 3(2):76-88, 1963. [DS1 AS]

Milne, R. S.  Singapore's exit from Malaysia: the consequences of ambiguity. Asian Survey, 6(3):175-184, 1965. [DS1 AS]

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]

Mohd. Azhar Terimo . UMNO and Malay political activities in Singapore, 1959-1965. 57p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1998. [D6 *1998 15]

Muhammad Ghazali Shafie . Ghazali Shafie's memoir on the formation of Malaysia. Bangi, Selangor: Penerbit Uniiversitit Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1998. 465p. The memoir of a key insider on the formation of Malaysia. [DS595.6 Mgs]

Nair, C. V. Devan . Singapore: emergence from chaos. Conflict, 7(2):109-128, 1987. [JA1 C]

Nair, Santha Kumary . Singapore and its relations with Malaysia, 1959-August 1965. 303p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Queensland, 1966. [JQ723 Nai]

Nam, Tae Yul . Malaysia and Singapore: the failure of a political experiment. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1970. 335p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Iowa, 1969. [DS596.7 Nam]

Navtej Singh . Singapore's fight for self-government under David Marshall, 1955-1956. 72p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1973. [D6 *1973 6]

Neo, Dalvey Choong Wei . Merger and the citizenship controversy. 63p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1999. [D6 *1999 9]

Neville, Warwick . The birth rate in Singapore. Population Studies, 32(1):113-134, 1978. [HB881 PS]

Neville, Warwick . Patterns of change in a plural society: a social geography of the city state of Singapore. 934p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of London, 1967. [HN770.2 Nev]

Ng, Andrew Lian Timn . Education and ethnic problems in Singapore, 1959-1969. 57p. Thesis (Dip. Ed.) - University of Keele, 1971. [LA1239.2 Ng]

Ngiam, Kee Jin . Industrial growth in Singapore, 1959-1968. 37p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Economics, University of Singapore, 1971. Microfilm.

Nithianandum, Ramakrishna . The Rendel Commission, 1954. 64p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1973. [D6 *1973 12]

Ong, Chit Chung . The 1959 Singapore general elections. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 6(1):61-86, 1975. [DS501 JSAS]

Ong, Chit Chung . The 1959 Singapore general elections. 99p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1973. [D6 *1973 1]

Ong, Hong Seng . People's Action Party and the Singapore civil service 1959-1979. 74p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1982. [D6 *1982 14]

Ong, Teck Hui . Nanyang University, 1956-1968: the question of official recognition. 83p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1984. [D6 *1984 13]

Oon, Clarissa . Theatre life!: a history of English-language theatre in Singapore through the Straits Times (1958-2000). Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, 2001. 176p. [PN2960.12 Oon]

Osborne, Milton E.  Singapore and Malaysia. Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell University, 1964. 115p. [JQ723 Osb]

Ostrom, Charles Richard . A core interest analysis of the formation of Malaysia and the separation of Singapore. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1974. 337p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Claremont Graduate School and University Center, 1971. [JQ699.6 Ost]

Pang, Cheng Lian . The People's Action Party (PAP). 232p. Thesis (M.Soc.Sci.) - Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore, 1969. [JQ729 *Peo.P]

Pang, Cheng Lian . People's Action Party, 1954-1963. Journal of Southeast Asian History, 10(1):142-154, 1969. [DS501 JSAH]

Pang, Cheng Lian . Singapore's People's Action Party: its history, organization and leadership. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1971. 87p. [JQ729 *Peo.P]

Pang, Eng Fong & Cheng, Leonard . Changing patterns of industrial relations in Singapore. IN Kassalow, Everett M. & Damachi, Ukandi G., eds. The role of trade unions in developing societies. Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies, 1987. Pp. 31-50. Mainly covers the period 1959 to 1974. [HD6940.7 Rol]

Parkinson, C. Northcote . A law unto themselves: twelve portraits. London: J. Murray, 1966. 180p. Has a profile of Lee Kuan Yew (pp.133-145). [DA28.4 Par]

Parmer, J. Norman . Malaysia. IN Kahin, G. McT., ed. Government and politics of Southeast Asia. 2nd ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1964. Pp. 281-365. [JQ96 Gov]

Parmer, J. Norman . Malaysia 1965: challenging the terms of 1957. Asian Survey, 6(2):111-118, 1966. [DS1 AS]

Peet, George L.  Political questions of Malaya. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1949. 40p. Brief commentary by the then-editor of the Straits Times. [DS596.5 Pee]

People's Action Party . Our first ten years. Singapore: P.A.P. Central Editorial Board, 1964. 331p. [JQ729 *Peo.Po ]

People's Action Party . The tasks ahead: P.A.P.'s five-year plan, 1959-1964. Singapore: People's Action Party, 1959. 2 vols. in 1. [JQ729 Peo]

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]

Pillai, K. S. C.  On Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Rayirath Publications, 1962. 46p. [DS596.7 Pil]

Poulgrain, Greg . The genesis of konfrontasi: Malaysia Brunei Indonesia 1945-65. Bathhurst, N.S.W.: Crawford House Publishing, 1998. 321p. [DS640 Gre.Po]

Poulgrain, Greg . The genesis of konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, 1945-1965. Townsville, Qld.: James Cook University of North Queensland, 1997. 349 frames. Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University of North Queensland, 1993. Microfiche.

Puthucheary, James . Ownership and control in the Malayan economy: a study of the structure of ownership and control and its effects on the development of secondary industries and economic growth in Malaya and Singapore. Singapore: Donald Moore for Eastern Universities Press, 1960. 187p. [HC497.1 Put]

Pyle, Jean L.  Economic restructuring in Singapore and the changing roles of women, 1957 to present. IN Aslanbeigui, N.; Pressman, S. & Summerfield, G., eds. Women in the age of economic transformation: gender impact of reforms in post-socialist and developing countries. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 129-144. [HQ1870.5 Win]

Quah, Jon S. T.  The political thought of Lee Kuan Yew, 1963-1965. Journal of the Historical Society (University of Singapore): 48-54, 1969/70. [DS1 SHJ]

Quek, Ser Hwee . The Singapore referendum on the merger question, 1962. 59p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1976. [D6 *1976 7]

Questions and answers on Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Dept. of Information, 1964. 26p. [DS596.7 Que]

Rajadurai, Joseph P.  A study of educational planning in Singapore. 371p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Fakulti Pendidikan, Universiti Malaya, 1981. Covers the period from 1959 to 1980. [LB7*M 1981 17]

Rajaratnam, S.  Challenge of confrontation. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1964. 40p. [DS596.7 Raj]

Rajaratnam, S.  Malaysia and the world. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1964. 40p. [DS596.7 Raj]

Sadka, Emily . Malaysia: the political background. IN Silcock, T. H. & Fisk, E. K., eds. The political economy of independent Malaya: a case-study in development. Canberra: Australian National University, 1963. Pp. 28-58. [HC497.1 Sil.P]

Sadka, E.  Singapore and the Federation: problems of merger. Asian Survey, 1(11):17-25, Jan. 1962. [DS1 AS]

Said Zahari . Dark clouds at dawn: a political memoir. Kuala Lumpur: INSAN, 2001. 316p. Of interest is the author’s account of his involvement in the politics of the fifties and sixties. A close friend of Lim Chin Siong, and like him, Said Zahari was detained by the government in 1963. The memoir is also available in Malay under the title: Meniti alutan gelora. [DS599.51 Sz]

Saw, Swee Hock . The population of Singapore and its social and economic implications. 193p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of Economics, University of Malaya, 1961. [HB3660.2 Saw]

Schenk, Catherine R.  The origins of a central bank in Malaya and the transition to independence, 1954-59. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth history, 21(2):409-431, 1993. Has references to Singapore. [DA10 JICH]

Separation: Singapore's separation from the Federation of Malaysia, 9th August, 1965. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1965. 65p. [JQ723 Scs]

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

Shantakumar, G.  ASEAN economic perspectives: Singapore and Malaysia. Asian Thought and Society, 10(29:96-114, 1985. [DS1 ATS]

Shaplen, Robert . Time out of hand revolution and reaction in Southeast Asia. New York: Harper and Row, 1969. 465p. Has a section entitled entitled Singapore-Malaysia: divorce, Asian style (pp. 194-229). [DS525.7 Sha]

Sharma, Archana . British policy towards Malaysia, 1957-1967. London: Sangam Books, 1993. 197p. [DA47.9 Mal.S]

Shee, Poon Kim . The People's Action Party of Singapore, 1954-1970: a study in survivalism of a single-dominant party. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1974. 253p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, 1971. [JQ729 *Peo.S]

Silcock, T. H.  Towards a Malayan nation. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1961. 112p. [DS597 Sil]

Singapore . The communist threat in Singapore. Singapore: Legislative Assembly, 1957. 15p. (Command paper; Cmd. 33 of 1957). [HX766.12 Sin]

Singapore. New chapter in Singapore's history. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1963. 37p. The Singapore Government's policy for 1964 outlined in the address of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Tun Yusof bin Ishak, delivered at the opening of a new session of the Legislative Assembly on 29th November 1963. [JQ725 Syn]

Singapore. White paper on education policy. Singapore: Legislative Assembly, 1956. 12p. [LA1239.2 Sle]

Singapore. All-Party Committee on Chinese Education . Report of the All-Party Committee of the Singapore Legislative Assembly on Chinese Education. Singapore: Govt. Printer, 1956. 76p. [LA1239.2 Sla]

Singapore. All-Party Committee on Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Students' Union . Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Students' Union. Singapore: Printed at the Govt. Print. Off., 1956. 22p. [LA1239.2 Sin]

Singapore. Commission of Inquiry into Corrupt, Illegal or Undesirable Practices at Elections . Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Corrupt, Illegal or Undesirable Practices at Elections. Singapore: Printed at the Govt. Print. Off., 1958. 40 leaves. S. H. D. Elias, chairman. [JQ729 Sci]

Singapore. Commission of Inquiry into Education . Commission of Inquiry into Education Singapore: final report. Singapore: Govt. Print., 1964. 162p. Lim Tay Boh, chairman. [LA1239.2 Scf]

Singapore. Legislative Council . Singapore constitutional talks in London in March 1957: report of the All-Party Conference. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1957. 4p. [JQ723 Sct]

Singapore. Ministry of Culture . One year of peaceful revolution, June 3, 1959 to June 3, 1960. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1960. 40p. [DS599.7 Sin]

Singapore. Ministry of Culture . Separation: Singapore's separation from the Federation of Malaysia, 9th August, 1965. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1965. 65p. [JQ723 Scs]

Singapore. Ministry of Culture . Towards a more just society. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 8p. Statement of Policy by the Singapore Government read on 1st July, 1959 by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara at the official opening of the first session of the first Singapore Legislative Assembly under the new constitution. [JQ725 Syn]

Singapore. Ministry of Culture . Year of progress, June 1960-June 1961. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1961. 34p. [DS599.7 Sin]

Singapore. Ministry of Culture . Year of fulfilment, June 1961-June 1962. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1962. 48p. [DS599.7 Sin]

Singapore. Nanyang University Commission . Report of the Nanyang University Commission, 1959. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 36p. S. L. Prescott, chairman. LG399 NU*S

Singapore. Nanyang University Review Committee . Report of the Nanyang University Review Committee. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1960. 44p. Gwee Ah Leng, chairman. [LG399 NUS*S]

Singapore constitution exposition , Jan.-Feb. 1959. Singapore: Dept. of Information, 1959. 191p. [DS599.6 Sin]

Singhal, D. P.  The United States of Malaysia. Asian Survey, 1(8):16-22, Oct. 1961. [DS1 AS]

Smith, T. E.  The background to Malaysia. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1963. 48p. An excellent short introduction to the formation of Malaysia. [DS596.7 Smi]

Social transformation in Singapore. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1964. 146p. [DS599.7 Scs]

Spector, Stanley . The Chinese in Singapore. IN Fried, Morton H, ed. Colloquium on Overseas Chinese. New York: International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1958. Pp. 19-28. [DS732 Fri]

Sri Indra Ismail, Tengku . Malay education in Singapore, 1959-1972. 71p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore, 1976. [D6 *1976 10]

Starner, Frances L.  Malaysia and the North Borneo territories. Asian Survey, 3(11):519-534, 1963. [DS1 AS]

Stockwell, A. J.  Malaysia: the making of a neo-colony? Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 26(2):138-156, May 1998. [DA10 JICH]

Stockwell, A. J.  Malaysia: the making of a neo-colony? IN Burroughs, Peter & Stockwell, A. J., eds. Managing the business of empire: essays in honour of David Fieldhouse. London: Frank Cass, 1998. Pp. 138-156. [JV105 Man]

Subritzky, John . Britain, Konfrontasi and the end of empire in Southeast Asia, 1961-65. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 28(3):209-227, Sept. 2000. [DA10 JICH]

Subritzky, John . Confronting Sukarno: British, American, Australian and New Zealand diplomacy in the Malaysian-Indonesian confrontation, 1961-5. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 246p. [DS640 Mal.Su]

Sulaiman Jeem  & Abdul Ghani Hamid . Ya'acob Mohamed (dalam API, PKMM, UMNO, PAP). Singapura: Penerbitan Wisma, 1990. 280p. [DS599.51 Ym.S]

Suryanarayan, V.  Singapore: path to independence. Madurai: Koodal Publishers, 1977. 278p. A revised version of author's thesis (Ph.D.) - Indian School of International Relations, New Delhi. [DS599.62 Sur]

Suryanarayan, V.  Singapore-Malaysia relations, 1957-65. 296p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Indian School of International Studies, 1968. Microfilm.

Tan, Sunny Siang Yang . Barisan Sosialis: years at the front line 1961-1966. 58p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1998. [D6 *1998 21]

Tan, Jake Hooi . Metropolitan planning in Singapore. Australian Planning Institute Journal, 4(4):111-119, Oct. 1966. [NA9000 APJ]

Tan, Jing Quee  & Jomo K. S. , eds. Comet in our sky: Lim Chin Siong in history. Kuala Lumpur: INSAN, 2001. 170p. Contains articles on Lim Chin Siong’s role in Singapore politics in the mid-fifties and early sixties, ad tributes by his close friends and colleagues. [DS599.51 Lcsi.C]

Taylor, Jay . China and Southeast Asia: Peking's relations with revolutionary movements. 2nd ed. New York: Praeger, 1976. 400p. [DS525.9 Chi.Ta]

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

Tilman, Robert O.  Malaysia and Singapore: the failure of a federation. IN Tilman, R. O., ed. Man, state, and society in contemporary Southeast Asia. New York: Praeger, 1969. Pp. 490-505. [DS526.7 Til]

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]

Towards a more just society. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1959. 8p. Statement of policy by the Singapore Government read on 1st July, 1959 by the Yang di Pertuan Negara at the official opening of the first session of the first Singapore Legislative Assembly under the new constitution. [JQ725 Syn]

Towards socialism: a Ministry of Culture series. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1960-1963. 8 vols. in 1. Contents: 1. The socialist solution: an analysis of current political forces in Singapore / Lee Kuan Yew (58p.) - 2. Malayan culture in the making / S. Rajaratnam (15p.) - 3. This is how your money is spent / Goh Keng Swee (43p.) - 4. The people's plan (24p.) - 5. The battle for merger / Lee Kuan Yew (138p.) - 6. A year of decision (24p.) - 7. Some problems of industrialisation / Goh Keng Swee (20p.) - 8. Year of achievement (34p.). [DS599.7 TS]

Tregonning, K. G.  Home port Singapore: an Australian historian's experience. Nathan, Qld.: Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations, Griffith University, 1989. 78p. Recollections of a former professor of history at the University of Singapore in the fifties and sixties. [LB2331.74 Aus.T]

Tregonning, K. G.  Singapore in Malaysia: a brief study of its industrial potential. Singapore: J.M. Sassoon, 1963. 28p. [HC497.12 Tre]

Van der Kroef, J. M.  Communism in Malaysia and Singapore: a contemporary survey. The Hague: Nijhoff, 1967. 268p. Covers the period after the Malayan Emergency. [HX766.1 Vand]

Van der Kroef, J. M.  Nanyang University and the dilemmas of overseas Chinese education. China Quarterly, 20:96-127, Oct./Dec. 1964. [DS701 CQ]

Van Ness, Peter . The political development of Singapore: a study of nation building. 152p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of California, 1961. Microfilm.

Wang, Gungwu. Malayan nationalism. Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, 49(3/4):317-328, 1962. [DS1 RCAS]

Warner, Denis . Reporting South-East Asia. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966. 342p. Has a section on Malaysia which includes pieces on Lee Kuan Yew, the merger and separation (pp. 113-155).[DS525.7 War]

Wee, Ann . Some social implications of rehousing programmes in Singapore. IN Dwyer, D. J., ed. The city as a centre of change in Asia. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1972. Pp. 216-230. [HT147 Cit]

Wee, Shoo Soon. The separation of Singapore from Malaysia: approaches and issues. 57p. Academic exercise - Dept. of History, National University of Singapore, 1998. [D6 *1998 29]

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

Yeh, Stephen H. K.  Chinese marriage patterns in Singapore. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1977. 294p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - New York University, 1969. [HQ690.2 Yeh]

Yeh, Stephen H. K.  Public housing in Singapore: an analysis of program implementation. IN Iglesias, G. U., ed. Implementation: the problem of achieving results: a casebook on Asian experiences. Manila: Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration, 1976. Pp. 231-267. Recounts the implementation of Singapore's public housing programmes from 1960. [HC412 Imp]

Yeh, Stephen H. K.  The size and structure of households in Singapore, 1957-1966. Malayan Economic Review, 12(2): Oct. 1967. [HC497.1 MER]

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, Mui Kim . Some aspects of the population and urban geography of an island republic: the case study of Singapore since 1957. 131p. Thesis (M.Phil.) - University of London, 1974. Microfilm.

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]

Yip, Yew Weng . The rise and decline of the Barisan Socialis Party in Singapore. 90p. Thesis (M.A.) - University of Hull, 1981. Microfilm.

Young, Robert A.  How do peaceful secessions happen? Canadian Journal of Political Science 27(4):773-792, 1994. [JA4 CJP]

Yusof M. Hashim.  Singapore and Malaya: analysis of political differentiation. 138p. Thesis - University of Sydney, 1966. Microfilm.

 

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