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Singapore Studies Resources: History II

Historical Events (post 1945)

1948-60: The Malayan Emergency

1962-65: Merger with Malaysia and Separation

Stories from the Other Side

The Early Economic History of Singapore

The Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)

The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire by Hack, Karl
Riot and Revolution in Singapore and Malaya 1945-63 by Richard Clutterbuck
Voice of Malayan Revolution: the CPM Radio War against Singapore and Malaysia, 1969-1981 by Wang Gungwu and Ong Weichong (eds.)
Forging the Masses in Malaya: Mass Mobilisation, the United Front and Revolutionary Violence in Malaya [Book Chapter] by Opper, Marc H.
Publication Date: 2022
Open Access Book published by ANU Press. See chapter 6
The Malayan Emergency: Essays on a small, distant war. by Yao, Souchou
Publication Date: 2016
A different and retrospective reading of the Malayan Emergency.

Stories from the Other Side

My Side of History by Chin Peng [as told to Ian Ward and Norma O. Miraflor]
Publication Date: 2003
The Memoirs of Abdullah C. D. Part 1 - The Movement until 1948 by Abdullah C. D.
Translated from Malay version published in 2005
Life as the River Flows: Women in the Malaysian Anti-Colonial Struggle: an Oral History of Women from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore by Khoo, Agnes. Edited by Richard Crisp
Publication Date: 2004
From Pacific War to Merdeka: Reminiscenes of Abdullah CD, Rashid Maidin, Suraini Abdullah & Abu Samah by Wong, James Wing On
Publication Date: 2005
originally published in Malaysiakini

Merger and Separation (1963-65)

The Early Economic History of Singapore

Social Services in SG

The Origins, Building and Impact a Social Welfare State in Late Colonial Singapore by Ho Chi Tim
Publication Date: 2016 Dec
A PhD History dissertation (U. of Hawaii)