Changi Cross


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Changi Cross


Changi Cross
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Author : Louise Cordingly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03-01

Changi Cross written by Louise Cordingly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-01 with categories.




The Sijori Cross Border Region


The Sijori Cross Border Region
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Author : Francis E Hutchinson
language : en
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Release Date : 2016-06-14

The Sijori Cross Border Region written by Francis E Hutchinson and has been published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-14 with Business & Economics categories.


Twenty-five years ago, the governments of Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia agreed to jointly promote the city-state, the state of Johor in Malaysia, and the Riau Islands in Indonesia. Facilitated by common cultural references, a more distant shared history, and complementary attributes, interactions between the three territories developed quickly. Logistics networks have proliferated and production chains link firms based in one location with affiliates or transport facilities in the other territories. These cross-border links have enabled all three locations to develop their economies and enjoy rising standards of living. Initially economic in nature, the interactions between Singapore, Johor, and the Riau Islands have multiplied and grown deeper. Today, people cross the borders to work, go to school, or avail of an increasing range of goods and services. New political, social, and cultural phenomena have developed. Policymakers in the various territories now need to reconcile economic imperatives and issues of identity and sovereignty. Enabled by their proximity and increasing opportunities, families have also begun to straddle borders, with resulting questions about citizenship and belonging. Using the Cross-Border Region framework - which seeks to analyse these three territories as one entity simultaneously divided and bound together by its borders - this book brings together scholars from a range of disciplines. Its 18 chapters and more than 20 maps examine the interaction between Singapore, Johor, and the Riau Islands over the past quarter-century, and seek to shed light on how these territories could develop in the future.



The Changi Book


The Changi Book
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Author : Lachlan Grant
language : en
Publisher: NewSouth
Release Date : 2015-08-01

The Changi Book written by Lachlan Grant and has been published by NewSouth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-01 with History categories.


The story of Changi, told by those who lived through it. In the tradition of The Anzac Book comes this fascinating collection of accounts of life in the notorious Changi prison camp. Changi is synonymous with suffering, hardship and the Australian prisoner-of-war experience in WWII. It is also a story of ingenuity, resourcefulness and survival. Containing essays, cartoons, paintings, and photographs created by prisoners of war, The Changi Book provides a unique view of the camp: life-saving medical innovation, machinery and tools created from spare parts and scrap, black-market dealings, sport and gambling, theatre productions, and the creation of a library and university. Seventy years after its planned publication, material for The Changi Book was rediscovered in the Australian War Memorial archives. It appears here for the first time along with insights from the Memorial’s experts. ‘A moving insiders’ account of life in Changi.’ —Peter FitzSimons ‘A fresh perspective on Changi: illuminating stories from the inside.’ —Les Carlyon



Life And Death In Changi


Life And Death In Changi
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Author : Tom Kitching
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Life And Death In Changi written by Tom Kitching and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Prisoners of war categories.




The Changi Brownlow


The Changi Brownlow
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Author : Roland Perry
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-07-31

The Changi Brownlow written by Roland Perry and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-31 with History categories.


This is the moving, powerful and surprising story of a group of Australian POWs who organise an Australian Rules Football competition under the worst conditions imaginable - inside Changi prison. After Singapore falls to the Japanese early in 1942, 70 000 prisoners including 15 000 Australians, are held as POWs at the notorious Changi prison, Singapore. To amuse themselves and fellow inmates, a group of sportsmen led by the indefatigable and popular ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn, created an Australian Football League, complete with tribunal, selection panel, umpires and coaches. The final game of the one and only season was between ‘Victoria’ and the ‘Rest of Australia’, which attracted 10 000 spectators, and a unique Brownlow Medal was awarded in this unlikely setting under the curious gaze of Japanese prison guards. Meet the main characters behind this spectacle: Peter Chitty, the farm hand from Snowy River country with unfathomable physical and mental fortitude, and one of eight in his immediate family who volunteered to fight and serve in WW2; ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn, the Brownlow-medal winning little man with the huge heart; and ‘Weary’ Dunlop, the courageous doctor, who cares for the POWs as they endure malnutrition, disease and often inhuman treatment. Changi Brownlow is a story of courage and the invincibility of the human spirit, and highlights not only the Australian love of sport, but its power to offer consolation in times of extreme hardship.



The Story Of Changi Singapore


The Story Of Changi Singapore
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Author : David Nelson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

The Story Of Changi Singapore written by David Nelson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Changi (Concentration camp) categories.


This book, compiled from the diary of David Nelson, is a personal record of events in and around Changi POW camp.



Darkness Before The Dawn


Darkness Before The Dawn
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Author : J. N. Farrow
language : en
Publisher: Stamford House Publishing
Release Date : 2007

Darkness Before The Dawn written by J. N. Farrow and has been published by Stamford House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Prisoners of war categories.


This is the diary kept by Jack Farrow, a 30 year old sergeant in the 5th Roayl Norfolks, who in 1941 was expected to go to India to train troops. However, the fortunes of war turned the world upside down and he found himself in the jungles of Malaya fighting for his life, not only against the Japanese Imperial Army but the jungle itself. Having made it back to Singapore in time for the surrender he was taken with many others to the notorious Changi jail where he was put in charge of the grim task of burying his less fortunate comrades.



Reassessing The Japanese Prisoner Of War Experience


Reassessing The Japanese Prisoner Of War Experience
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Author : R P W Havers
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-03-27

Reassessing The Japanese Prisoner Of War Experience written by R P W Havers and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-27 with History categories.


This book explores the history of the Changi Prisoner of War camp at Singapore between the surrender in 1942 and the eventual liberation by British forces in September 1945. It discusses the forms of POW resistance to the Japanese.



Education Crossing Borders


Education Crossing Borders
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Author : Dara R. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2020-08-11

Education Crossing Borders written by Dara R. Fisher and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-11 with Education categories.


The chronicle of a ten-year partnership between MIT and Singapore's Education Ministry that shows cross-border collaboration in higher education in action. In this book, Dara Fisher chronicles the decade-long collaboration between MIT and Singapore's Education Ministry to establish the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Fisher shows how what began as an effort by MIT to export its vision and practices to Singapore became an exercise in adaptation by actors on the ground. As cross-border higher education partnerships become more widespread, Fisher's account of one such collaboration in theory and practice is especially timely. Despite the prevalence of cross-border higher education initiatives, there is little understanding of how these partnerships work. This book fills the gap, offering an in-depth ethnographic case study that draws on organizational behavior literature for theoretical support. Fisher describes the sometimes divergent priorities of the Singapore government and MIT as planning began in 2007; chronicles how the founding faculty, staff, and students sought to shape the new university; shows that MIT left decision making to local actors on matters it regarded as low priority (only to discover later that some of these decisions did not align with MIT values); and examines SUTD's efforts to build an independent identity as Singapore's fourth major public university within the Singaporean higher education ecosystem. Finally, Fisher develops a framework for understanding how MIT's identity and practices were communicated to and then localized by Singaporeans, examining this in terms of politics, culture, institutions, and individuals.



Contested Memoryscapes


Contested Memoryscapes
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Author : Hamzah Muzaini
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-20

Contested Memoryscapes written by Hamzah Muzaini and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-20 with Social Science categories.


This book sets itself apart from much of the burgeoning literature on war commemoration within human geography and the social sciences more generally by analysing how the Second World War (1941–45) is remembered within Singapore, unique for its potential to shed light on the manifold politics associated with the commemoration of wars not only within an Asian, but also a multiracial and multi-religious postcolonial context. By adopting a historical materialist approach, it traces the genealogy of war commemoration in Singapore, from the initial disavowal of the war by the postcolonial government since independence in 1965 to it being embraced as part of national historiography in the early 1990s apparent in the emergence since then of various memoryscapes dedicated to the event. Also, through a critical analysis of a wide selection of these memoryscapes, the book interrogates how memories of the war have been spatially and discursively appropriated today by state (and non-state) agencies as a means of achieving multiple objectives, including (but not limited to) commemoration, tourism, mourning and nation-building. And finally, the book examines the perspectives of those who engage with or use these memoryscapes in order to reveal their contested nature as fractured by social divisions of race, gender, ideology and nationality. The substantive book chapters will be based on archival and empirical data drawn from case studies in Singapore themed along different conceptual lenses including ethnicity; gender; postcoloniality, tourism and postmodernity; personal mourning; transnational remembrances and politics; and the preservation of original sites, stories and artefacts of war. Collectively, they speak to and work towards shedding insights to the one overarching question: 'How is the Second World War commemorated in postcolonial Singapore and what are some of the issues, politics and contestations which have accompanied these efforts to presence the war today, particularly as they are spatially and materially played out via different types of memoryscapes?' The book also distinguishes itself from previous works written on war commemoration in Singapore, mainly by social and military historians, particularly through its adoption of a geographical agenda that gives attention to issues of politics of space as it relates to remembrance and representations of memory.