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Historical Events

Pre-1819: Pre-Colonial History

1819-1867: Old Times Singapore

1867-1918: Straits Settlements

1918-1939: The Inter War Years

1939-1942: The Japanese Occupation

1945-50: Post war recovery and the Malaya Union experiment

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Pre-Colonial History (pre.1819)

Sejarah Singapura : rujukan khas mengenai peristiwa2 sebelum tahun 1824 by Buyong bin Adil, Haji
Publication Date: 1972
Sino-Malay Trade and Diplomacy from the 10th through the 14th Century by Derek Heng
Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300-1800 by Miksic, John N.
Publication Date: 2013
Seven Hundred Years : A History of Singapore by Kwa Chong Guan, Derek Heng, Peter Borschberg and Tan Tai Yong

Old Times SG (1819-1867)

The Hikayat Abdullah by Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Munshi
Publication Date: 1970
Anecdotal History of Old Times Singapore by Buckley, C. B.
Publication Date: 1984
One Hundred Years of Singapore by Makepeace, W., Brooke, G. E., & Braddell, Roland St. John
Publication Date: 1991
The Straits Settlements, 1826-67 : Indian Presidency to Crown Colony by Turnbull, C. M.
Publication Date: 1972
Hidden Hands and Divided Landscapes: A Penal History of Singapore's Plural Society by Pieris, Anoma
Publication Date: 2009

Straits Settlements (1867 to end of WWI)

The Inter War Years (1918-1942)

Politics of Decentralization: Colonial Controversy in Malaya 1920-1929 by Yeo, Kim Wah
Publication Date: 1982
Singapore Mutiny by Harper, R. W. E.
Publication Date: 1984
Ah Ku and Karayuki-san : Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940 by Warren, James Francis
The Lights of Singapore by Braddell, Roland St. John
Publication Date: 1934
The Origins of Trade Unionism in Malaya : A Study in Colonial Labour Unrest by Gamba, Charles
Publication Date: 1962

The Japanese Occupation (1939-1942)

War Memory in Singapore and Malaya: Japanese Sources (Yale-NUS College)
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Post War Recovery and the Malaya Union Experiment (1945-1950)

British Policy and Malay Politics during the Malayan Union Experiment, 1945-1948 by Stockwell, A. J.
British Rule and the Struggle for Independence in Malaya, 1945-1957 by Khong Kim Hoong
From Malayan Union to Singapore Separation: Political Unification in the Malaysia Region, 1945-65 by Mohamed Noordin Sopiee
Political Development in Singapore, 1945-55 by Yeo Kim Wah
A canonical work for the post war decade of recovery and re-building the country
The Open United Front: the Communist Struggle in Singapore 1954-66 by Lee Ting Hui
Contains valuable details and sources of the political struggles between 1954 and 1959 between many parties in Singapore.
A Report on the 1947 Census of Population by M. V. Del Tufo
Publication Date: 1949
The landmark census conducted (after World War II) in Malaya comprising the Federation of Malaya and the Colony of Singapore.
Malaysia: the Road to Independence by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra

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