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Thomas Braddell

1959

Wang, Sophia

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	Wang, Sophia
Title	Thomas Braddell
Publication Date	1959
Call Number	DS595.6 Bra.W
Subject	Braddell, Thomas, 1823-1891
Page	55
Language	English
Content Type	Dissertation/Thesis
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Academic exercise -- Dept. of History, University of Malaya

Toddy, race, and urban space in colonial Singapore, 1900-59__to modify

2019

Alagirisamy, Darinee

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	Alagirisamy, Darinee
Title	Toddy, race, and urban space in colonial Singapore, 1900-59__to modify
Source Title	Modern Asian Studies
Publication Date	2019
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X1700083X
Subject	Tamil (Indic people) -- Singapore -- History Toddy -- Singapore -- History
Page	1675-1699
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
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Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	53
Issue	5
Description	British Malaya's toddy industry features in history as a problem that plagued the plantation economy, when the city toddy shop was no less important in contributing to a racialized discourse of modernity in Singapore. Although colonial policy served to engender the racialization of toddy drinking as a peculiarly Tamil vice, toddy's social life in Singapore demonstrates that it became the poor man's beer regardless of race. The alcoholic drink gave rise to new adaptations, enterprises, and innovations in colonial Singapore, thus carving out a unique place for itself in the city's cultural landscape. Yet, Singapore's toddy industry dominated the public spotlight for less palatable reasons, which rendered it the subject of numerous demands for increased government regulation. The colonial government responded with a slew of measures that often differed from the federation's toddy policy. Singapore's toddy industry yielded divergent imaginaries of modernity, particularly in the aftermath of the Second World War. Some reformers sought its abolition or relocation away from city spaces, whilst others demanded its modernization on the grounds that this meagre establishment was the labourer's sole source of recreation. In light of recent developments that have prompted the government's intervention in limiting migrant labourers’ access to alcohol, this article will examine the considerations that informed the colonial establishment's urban toddy policy and its corresponding impact on Singapore society as it sped towards decolonization. Through an exploration of toddy's treatment in the English-language press, oral histories, and colonial office records, this article seeks to contribute perspectives on an aspect of Singapore's social history that remains largely unexplored.

Tracks in the city: technology, mobility and society in colonial Rangoon and Singapore

2012

Frasch, Tilman

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	Frasch, Tilman
Title	Tracks in the city: technology, mobility and society in colonial Rangoon and Singapore
Source Title	Modern Asian Studies
Publication Date	2012
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X11000588
Call Number	DS1 MAS
Subject	Street-railroads -- Singapore -- History
Page	97-118
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	46
Issue	1

Trade and empire in Malaya and Singapore, 1869-1874

1970

SarDesai, D. R.

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	SarDesai, D. R.
Title	Trade and empire in Malaya and Singapore, 1869-1874
Publication Date	1970
Publisher	Athens : Ohio University, Center for International Studies
Call Number	HD3866.1 Sar
Subject	Malaya -- Commerce -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Commerce -- Malaysia -- Malaya
Page	17
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Transcending borders: Arabs, politics, trade and Islam in Southeast Asia

2002

Jonge, Huub de
Kaptein, Nico

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	Jonge, Huub de Kaptein, Nico
Title	Transcending borders: Arabs, politics, trade and Islam in Southeast Asia
Publication Date	2002
Publisher	Leiden : KITLV Press
Call Number	DS523.4 Ara.Iw 12 1997
Subject	Arabs -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses
Page	246
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources

1908

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Editor	Wright, Arnold Cartwright, H. A.
Title	Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources
Publication Date	1908
Publisher	London : Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub
Call Number	DS592 Twe
Subject	Malaya -- Description and travel Straits Settlements -- History Malaya -- History Federated Malay States -- History
Page	959
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources.

1989

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Editor	Wright, Arnold Cartwright, H. A.
Title	Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources.
Publication Date	1989
Publisher	Singapore : Graham Brash,
Call Number	DS592 Twe
Subject	Straits Settlements -- History Malaya -- History Federated Malay States -- History
Page	285
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Abridged ed. Reprint. Originally published: London by Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co., 1908

United States consuls in Singapore 1859-1880

1983

Sodhy, Pamela

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	Sodhy, Pamela
Title	United States consuls in Singapore 1859-1880
Source Title	Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Publication Date	1983
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41492944
Call Number	DS591 RASMJ
Subject	Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 19th century Singapore -- History -- 1819-1867 Singapore -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- Singapore
Page	12-33
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	56
Issue	1

Urban sanitation, health and water supply in late nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Singapore

1993

Yeoh, Brenda S. A.

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	Yeoh, Brenda S. A.
Title	Urban sanitation, health and water supply in late nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Singapore
Source Title	South East Asia Research
Publication Date	1993
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967828X9300100203
Call Number	DS501 SEAR
Subject	Sanitation -- Singapore -- History Public health -- Singapore -- History Water-supply -- Singapore -- History
Page	143-172
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	1
Issue	2

Watching the astonishment of the native: early audio-visual technology and colonial discourse

Tofighian, Nadi

Collection	Singapore, 1867-1914
Author/Creator	Tofighian, Nadi
Title	Watching the astonishment of the native: early audio-visual technology and colonial discourse
Source Title	Early Popular Visual Culture
Publisher	2017
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2016.1237882
Subject	Phonograph -- Singapore -- History Cinematography -- Singapore -- History Motion pictures -- Singapore -- History Kinetoscope Audio-visual equipment -- Singapore -- History
Page	26-43
Language	English
URI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2016.1237882
Content Type	Journal Article
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	15
Issue	1
Description	In this paper, I give an overview of early exhibitions of phonographs, kinetoscopes and cinematographic devices in colonial Singapore. Beyond giving an overview of the different exhibitions, the paper also sets them in the context of the colonial discourse prevalent in Singapore and many parts of the world. In the newspaper discourse these new technologies from Europe and United States were depicted as an illustration of 'Western' progress and civilisation. These technologies, be it railways, roads, steamships, telegraphs or cinematographs, were used to impress and astonish the colonised, and functioned as a way to signal Western power in colonial territories, something Brian Larkin calls the colonial sublime. Newspaper reports frequently commented on the amazement and perplexity of the local, 'native' population when encountering public exhibitions of phonographs, kinetoscopes and cinematographs. This was largely a constructed narrative as it helped create and emphasise differences between coloniser and colonised, and justify colonial structures. The paper demonstrates how new technological devices within a few years were exhibited by people from different Asian backgrounds, and thereby diminished perceived and constructed differences between European and Asian people.