Diaspora at War

The Chinese of Singapore Between Empire and Nation, 1937-1945
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-17476-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 159 g

Reihe: Chinese Overseas

Much of what has been written on Singapore's wartime past is set against the Japanese invasion and occupation of the island. In Diaspora at War: The Chinese of Singapore between Empire and Nation 1937 - 1945, Ernest Koh maps a war history that is far wider in geographical and temporal scope. From the skies over Western Europe and the Mediterranean to the Burma Road, from the Atlantic Ocean to the cities of China, individuals and small groups of Chinese from the British colony worked, fought, and flew in a variety of fighting and labour units. Drawing from oral history accounts and archival sources, Koh recovers a rich and insightful historical reality that has long been submerged under the weight of a teleological national narrative.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koh, Ernest

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter One: Nation, Remembrance, and Singapore's Second World Wars
Chapter Two: Britain, China, and the Creation of Chinese Diasporas in Malaya
Chapter Three: The Sino-Japanese War
Chapter Four: The Imperial War
Chapter Five: The Pacific War
Chapter Six: Forgotten Frames

Über Autor(innen)

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).