Singapore: A Country StudyBarbara Leitch LePoer |
Contents
FOUNDING AND EARLY YEARS 181926 | 9 |
A FLOURISHING FREE PORT 182667 | 16 |
CROWN COLONY 18671918 | 24 |
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