Seven Hundred Years: A History of Singapore by Peter Borschberg, Derek Heng, Kwa Chong Guan, Tan Tai Yong

Seven Hundred Years: A History of Singapore

Peter Borschberg, Derek Heng, Kwa Chong Guan, Tan Tai Yong

322 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Assessments of Singapore’s history invariably revolve around Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival in 1819. Before this date – we’ve been told – “nothing very much appears to have happened in Singapore”. Pre-1819 Singapore was a sleepy, historically insig...

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