Includes bibliographical references (p. 667-674) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings: from Temasek to Singapore -- Race, history and nationalism -- Contestants and contesting visions -- The accidental chief minister -- The terminal chief minister -- The embattled prime minister -- Merger: contesting ownership and principles -- Terms of disendearment -- Dare to be equal -- The way to survive -- National service: the price of independence -- Politics of education -- Home ownership. national stability and the new middle classes -- University and nation -- Toh's nation-building thrust -- Nantah: between community and nation -- Self-renewal: talents for a tough act -- The consensual prime minister -- Confucianism, Christianity, Chineseness -- Singapore dreams, Singapore dilemmas -- The hyphenated Singaporean -- The unexpected nation.
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