NUS Digital Libraries - Singapore, 1914-1941

Educational needs of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States

1928

Nagle, J. Stewart

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Nagle, J. Stewart
Title	Educational needs of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States
Publication Date	1928
Publisher	Baltimore, MD : John H. Laird & Sons
Call Number	LA1236 Nag
Subject	Education -- Straits Settlements Education -- Federated Malay States
Page	194
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Originally presented as thesis (Ph.D.) - Johns Hopkins University, 1926

Effects of Great Depression on Singapore

1973

Yeo, Eng Leng

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Yeo, Eng Leng
Title	Effects of Great Depression on Singapore
Publication Date	1973
Call Number	D6 *1973 4
Subject	Depressions -- 1929 -- Singapore Singapore -- Economic conditions
Page	47
Language	English
Content Type	Dissertation/Thesis
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Academic exercise - Dept. of History, University of Singapore

Emancipation, exercise and imperialism: girls and the games ethic in colonial Malaya

1990

Brownfoot, Janice N.

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Brownfoot, Janice N.
Title	Emancipation, exercise and imperialism: girls and the games ethic in colonial Malaya
Source Title	International Journal of the History of Sport
Publication Date	1990
Page	61-84
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Temporal Coverage	2019-08-07 15:58:06
Related Resource	Physical education for girls -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- History\|\|Physical education and training -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- History\|\|Sports -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- History
Series	Describes the subject of physical exercise for Asian girls between the 1890s and the 1930s only in English-language education and through English-language sources. It considers what the white women educators' aims and opinions were, and what benefits and changes they believed sport had contributed to for Asian girls. It does not present any views from the girls themselves. Also published in: J. A. Mangan (ed.). The cultural bond: sport, empire, society. London: Frank Cass, 1992., pp. 84-107

Emergence of a cosmopolitan space for culture and consumption: the New World Amusement Park - Singapore (1923-1970) in the inter-war years

2004

Wong, Yunn Chii
Tan, Kar Lin

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Wong, Yunn Chii Tan, Kar Lin
Title	Emergence of a cosmopolitan space for culture and consumption: the New World Amusement Park - Singapore (1923-1970) in the inter-war years
Source Title	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
Publication Date	2004
Page	279-304
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Temporal Coverage	2019-08-07 15:58:09
Preceeding Title	HM101 IAC
Related Resource	Amusement parks -- Singapore -- History\|\|New World Amusement Park (Singapore)

Emigrant communities in south China: a study of overseas migration and its influence on standards of living and social change

1978

Chen, Ta

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Chen, Ta
Title	Emigrant communities in south China: a study of overseas migration and its influence on standards of living and social change
Publication Date	1978
Publisher	New York : AMS Press
Call Number	DS721 Che
Subject	China -- Social life and customs China -- Emigration and immigration
Page	287
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Reprint. Originally published in 1940

Entertainment: forms of leisure in Singapore, 1920s-1970s

2017

Vidya Murthy

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Vidya Murthy
Editor	Inglis, Kim
Title	Entertainment: forms of leisure in Singapore, 1920s-1970s
Publication Date	2017
Publisher	Singapore: National Museum of Singapore
Call Number	GV133.12 Vid 2017
Subject	Leisure -- Singapore -- History Recreation -- Singapore -- History
Page	180
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	This book offers a visual feast of images from the rich collection of the National Museum of Singapore. From the site-specific entertainment parks to cinemas, radio and music, author Vidya Murthy takes the reader on a nostalgic journey through these early forms of recreation. First-person accounts bring memories to life, while insightful texts show how leisure practices emerged in the era of early modernity in Singapore.

Expansion of Japanese interests in Malaya, 1900-1941

1973

Yuen, Choy Leng

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Yuen, Choy Leng
Title	Expansion of Japanese interests in Malaya, 1900-1941
Publication Date	1973
Call Number	D6*M 1973 4
Subject	Japanese -- Malaysia -- Malaya Investments, Japanese -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- History
Page	184
Language	English
Content Type	Dissertation/Thesis
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of History, University of Malaya

Facing the bow: European women in colonial Malaya, 1919 to 1945

1997

Teasdale, Jean

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Teasdale, Jean
Title	Facing the bow: European women in colonial Malaya, 1919 to 1945
Publication Date	1997
Publisher	Nedlands, WA : Centre for Migration and Development Studies, University of Western Australia
Call Number	DS596.4 Tea
Subject	White women -- Malaya -- Biography Europeans -- Malaya -- Biography World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Malaya -- Biography Malaya -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
Page	262
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Stories of eighteen European women who lived and worked in Malaya during 1919 to 1945, in what was very much a male dominated society

Female labor force participation in a modernizing society: Malaya and Singapore, 1921-1957

1975

Fong, Monica S.

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Fong, Monica S.
Title	Female labor force participation in a modernizing society: Malaya and Singapore, 1921-1957
Publication Date	1975
Publisher	Honolulu : East-West Population Institute, East-West Center
Call Number	HD6205.1 Fon
Subject	Women -- Employment -- Malaya Women -- Employment -- Singapore
Page	39
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Fifty eight years of enterprise: souvenir volume of the new building of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1964

1964

Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce

Collection	Singapore, 1914-1941
Author/Creator	Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Title	Fifty eight years of enterprise: souvenir volume of the new building of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1964
Publication Date	1964
Publisher	Singapore : L. M. Creative Publicity
Call Number	HF331.12 Fif
Subject	Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Commerce Singapore -- Commerce
Page	220
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Has material about Chinese leaders and the activities of the Chamber