Crossroads (3rd Edition): A Popular History of Malaysia and Singapore - Softcover

Jim Baker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814516023 ISBN 13: 9789814516020

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

In this fully updated, third edition of Crossroads, Jim Baker adds new information following recent government elections in Malaysia and reviews the policies and impact of the next generation of Singapore leaders The original text (which traces the complex currents of history and politics of Malaysia and Singapore neighbours with a common past) is also rewritten and revised to re-evaluate events in the context of an expanded history. Jim Baker s Crossroads is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows in more than a few quarters. His book presents a side of history not many may be aware of or even want to know ... it is as thought-provoking as it is enlightening. The Sun (on the first edition) Baker s thrilling book profits from his refusal to separate Singapore s history from Malaysia s. What we get is a broad story filled with surprising details drawn from his own experiences and from other scholarly works, and told in an easy and captivating style. Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

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Review:

Jim Baker's Crossroads is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows in more than a few quarters. His book presents a side of history not many may be aware of or even want to know - it is as thought-provoking as it is enlightening.

-The Sun (on the first edition)

Baker's thrilling book profits from his refusal to separate Singapore's history from Malaysia's. What we get is a broad story filled with surprising details drawn from his own experiences and from other scholarly works, and told in an easy and captivating style. Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore --Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

About the Author:

Jim [James] Baker is a history and economics teacher at the Singapore American School. He is an American who has lived in Singapore for most of his life. He first published Crossroads in1999, and has subsequently written The Eagle in the Lion City (2005), an academic history of the American presence in Singapore, and Singapore s Eagles (2006), a 50th anniversary publication of the Singapore American School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9814516023
• ISBN 13: 9789814516020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 480