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Diaspora at War: The Chinese of Singapore between Empire and Nation, 1937-1945: 6
Author(s): Ernest Koh (Author)
- Publisher: BRILL
- Publication Date: 25 April 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 184 pages
- ISBN-10: 9789004174764
- ISBN-13: 9004174761
Book Description
In Diaspora at War, Ernest Koh maps a history of Singapore’s wartime past that extends beyond the Japanese invasion and occupation of the island.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Told vividly through the use of oral history interviews and family history accounts, as well as archival material, Diaspora at War adds a new dimension that has been missing from the military history of World War II. Through penetrating analysis and skillful probing of individual testimony, the author explains the motives of men who went to war before the war came to them.”
Kevin Blackburn, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ho Khai Leong, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Kevin Blackburn, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Diaspora at War opens up a new approach at looking at the Chinese in Malaya during the war. This conceptualization of three fronts – China, empire and pacific – is interesting and poses significant advancement in looking at the Chinese diasporas.”Ho Khai Leong, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
“…an important contribution to the field.” “…a meaningful offering for the intellectual and socio-political landscape of Singapore.”
Huang Jianli,
About the Author
Ernest Koh, Ph.D (2007), Monash University, is Senior Lecturer in History at Monash University. He is the author of Singapore Stories: Language, Class, and the Chinese of Singapore (Cambria: 2010), and co-editor of Oral History and Memory in Southeast Asia (PalgraveMacmillan: 2013).
