The politics of disaster: The Great Singapore Flood of 1954
Singapore in the 1950s was a deeply divided society. Struggling to recover from the hardships ofthe Second World War and fighting an internal battle that the British government termed an‘emergency’, it was a time of hardship, tension, and anxiety. In the midst of this crisis, Singapore’sinhabitants...
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Main Author: | WILLIAMSON, Fiona |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2018
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