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Lion City

- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
Af: Jeevan Vasagar Engelsk Paperback

Lion City

- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
Af: Jeevan Vasagar Engelsk Paperback
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Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world''s most successful city state.

In 1965, Singapore''s GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia''s first globalised city.

Lion City examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed ''Disneyland with the death penalty''.

Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city, and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.

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Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world''s most successful city state.

In 1965, Singapore''s GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia''s first globalised city.

Lion City examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed ''Disneyland with the death penalty''.

Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city, and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.

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Sprog: Engelsk
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ISBN-13: 9781408713594
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1408713594
Kategori: Singapore
Udg. Dato: 9 aug 2021
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 233mm
Højde: 153mm
Forlag: Little, Brown
Oplagsdato: 9 aug 2021
Forfatter(e): Jeevan Vasagar
Forfatter(e) Jeevan Vasagar

Kategori Singapore

ISBN-13 9781408713594

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 0

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 233mm

Højde 153mm

Udg. Dato 9 aug 2021

Oplagsdato 9 aug 2021

Forlag Little, Brown

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