Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism
Most academic works on Singaporean nationalism focus on events in the post- independence era. This dissertation aims to explore how Singaporean nationalism had been conceived and developed before Singapore’s independence. The primary argument of this thesis is that Singaporean nationalism had been p...
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| author | Teo, Harold Soon Wei |
| author2 | Miles Alexander Powell |
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| description | Most academic works on Singaporean nationalism focus on events in the post- independence era. This dissertation aims to explore how Singaporean nationalism had been conceived and developed before Singapore’s independence. The primary argument of this thesis is that Singaporean nationalism had been paradoxically conceived within Malayan nationalism. This dissertation also argues that Singapore unique geographical position puts it a dialectic position where it between a materialist-maritime oriented nationalism and an idealistic-hinterland oriented nationalism. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/766562019-12-10T11:52:35Z Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism Teo, Harold Soon Wei Miles Alexander Powell School of Humanities DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore Most academic works on Singaporean nationalism focus on events in the post- independence era. This dissertation aims to explore how Singaporean nationalism had been conceived and developed before Singapore’s independence. The primary argument of this thesis is that Singaporean nationalism had been paradoxically conceived within Malayan nationalism. This dissertation also argues that Singapore unique geographical position puts it a dialectic position where it between a materialist-maritime oriented nationalism and an idealistic-hinterland oriented nationalism. Bachelor of Arts in History 2019-04-02T06:13:26Z 2019-04-02T06:13:26Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76656 en Nanyang Technological University 65 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism |
| title_full | Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism |
| title_fullStr | Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism |
| title_short | Divergent identities : the creation of Singapore’s nationalism |
| title_sort | divergent identities the creation of singapore s nationalism |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore |
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