Lion city
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The extraordinary story of Singapore told by the expert correspondent for the Financial Times
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.
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.
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.
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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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 september 2022
Aantal pagina's: 336
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Jeevan Vasagar
Hoofduitgeverij: Abacus
AI-gegenereerd: Nee
Product breedte: 124 mm
Product hoogte: 26 mm
Product lengte: 196 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 138 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 209 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 366 g
eWaste: Nee
EAN: 9780349144481