Great Peranakans : fifty remarkable lives / edited by Alan Chong ; contributions by Kwa Chong Guan, John Teo, Daphne Ang, Jackie Yoong.
Author(s): Chong, Alan | Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore)
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- Great Peranakans : fifty remarkable lives
- Author(s)
- Chong, Alan
- Publisher
- Singapore : Asian Civilisations Museum, 2015
- Collation
- 231 p. : ill. (some col.)
26 cm. - ISBN
- 9789810948658
- Dewey Class
- 305.895105957
- Contents
- Preface: A culture between / Alan Chong -- Introdution / Jackie Yoong -- Essays: Great Peranakans - The community in the colonial state / Kwa Chong Guan -- The Straits Chinese and Civic Portraiture in Singapore, 1819-1959 / Daphne Ang -- "The Straits-Born British Chinaman" Imperial rituals and the Peranakans / John Teo -- Fifty Remarkable Lives: 1819 To 1889 Commerce And Community: Tan Tock Seng, Seah Eng Chin, Tan Kim Seng, Wee Bin, Tan Kim Tian, Tan Beng Swee, Tan Kim Ching, Cheang Hong Lim, Gan Eng Seng; 1890 To 1945 Colonial Collaboration: Political enagement: Seah Liang Seah, Tan Jiak Kim, Lee Cheng Yan, Lim Nee Soon, Tan Boo Liat; Literature and Language: See Ewe Lay, Chan Kim Boon, Pang Teck Joon; Modernizing Business: Tan Keong Saik, Chew Joo Chiat, Tan Chay Yan, Oei Tiong Ham, Lee Choon Guan, Lim Peng Siang, See Tiong Wah; Modern Women: Mrs Lee Choon Guan (Tan Teck Neo), Lee Choo Neo, Mrs Tay Lian Teck (Tan Chew Neo); Culture: Low Kway Song, Ong Boon Tat, Tan Cheng Kee, Koh Hoon Teck, Cheong Koon Seng; New Modernisms: Song Ong Siang, Lim Boon Keng, Goh Hood Keng; 1946 To 1965 Nation Building: Early Political Parties: Tan Cheng Lock, Lim Yew Hock; Banking: Kwa Siew Tee, Tan Chin Tuan; Governing the New Singapore: Toh Chin Chye, Goh Keng Swee, Lim Kim San, Lee Kuan Yew; Women's Rights: Mrs Seow Peck Leng (Iris Chua Seng Kim), Maggie Lim, Kwa Geok Choo; Culture: Seow Eu Jin, Goh Soon Tioe, Sylvia Kho, William Tan Wee Liam -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements -- Image Credits.
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Peranakan (Asian people) -- Singapore -- History
Peranakan (Asian people) -- Singapore -- Social life and customs
Peranakan (Asian people) -- Singapore -- Biography - BRN
- 5958
Notes
- "Great Peranakans : fifty remarkable lives accompanies the exhibition of the same title presented at the Peranakan Museum, Singapore, from 22 May 2015 to 3 April 2016"--T.p. verso.
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