1819 & Before
Title | 1819 & Before PDF eBook |
Author | Kwa Chong Guan |
Publisher | ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2021-04-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9814951420 |
The essays published here began as a series of lectures commemorating the bicentennial of Thomas Stamford Raffles’s establishment of a British Station in 1819. The essays draw on thirty-five years of archaeological investigations on and around Fort Canning, new readings of the Malay Annals, early Chinese records reporting Singapore, and the Portuguese and Dutch records to probe and challenge our understanding of Singapore’s history before Raffles. Altogether, these essays suggest that Singapore had a pre-1819 past that was deeply connected to the millennium-long maritime history of the Straits of Melaka and its links to the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.
The Panic of 1819
Title | The Panic of 1819 PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew H. Browning |
Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
Pages | 451 |
Release | 2019-04-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0826274250 |
The Panic of 1819 tells the story of the first nationwide economic collapse to strike the United States. Much more than a banking crisis or real estate bubble, the Panic was the culmination of an economic wave that rolled through the United States, forming before the War of 1812, cresting with the land and cotton boom of 1818, and crashing just as the nation confronted the crisis over slavery in Missouri. The Panic introduced Americans to the new phenomenon of boom and bust, changed the country's attitudes towards wealth and poverty, spurred the political movement that became Jacksonian Democracy, and helped create the sectional divide that would lead to the Civil War. Although it stands as one of the turning points of American history, few Americans today have heard of the Panic of 1819, with the result that we continue to ignore its lessons—and repeat its mistakes.
Guide to the Materials for the History of the United States in Spanish Archives
Title | Guide to the Materials for the History of the United States in Spanish Archives PDF eBook |
Author | William Robert Shepherd |
Publisher | Washington, Carnegie Inst. |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America
Title | The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 1871 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005
Title | A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005 PDF eBook |
Author | C.M. Turnbull |
Publisher | NUS Press |
Pages | 490 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9971694301 |
When C.M. Turnbull's A History of Singapore, 1819-1975 appeared in 1977, it quickly achieved recognition as the definitive history of Singapore. A second edition published in 1989 brought the story up to the elections held in 1988. In this fully revised edition, rewritten to take into account recent scholarship on Singapore, the author has added a chapter on Goh Chok Tong's premiership (1990-2004) and the transition to a government headed by Lee Hsien Loong. The book now ends in 2005, when the Republic of Singapore celebrated its 40th anniversary as an independent nation. Major changes occurred in the 1990s as the generation of leaders that oversaw the transition from a colony to independence stepped aside in favour of a younger generation of leaders. Their task was to shape a course that sustained the economic growth and social stability achieved by their predecessors, and they would be tested towards the end of the decade when Southeast Asia experienced a severe financial crisis. Many modern studies on Singapore focus on current affairs or very recent events and pay a great deal of attention to Singapore's successful transition from the developing to the developed world. However, younger historians are increasingly interested in other aspects of the country's past, particularly social and cultural issues. A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005 provides a solid foundation and an overarching framework for this research, surveying Singapore's trajectory from a small British port to a major trading and financial hub within the British Empire and finally to the modern city state that Singapore became after gaining independence in 1965.
Town of Weston
Title | Town of Weston PDF eBook |
Author | Weston (Mass. : Town) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | Weston (Mass. : Town) |
ISBN |
American State Papers
Title | American State Papers PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress |
Publisher | |
Pages | 872 |
Release | 1834 |
Genre | Archives |
ISBN |
class I. Foreign relations. 6 v. 1st Cong.-20th Cong., 1st sess., April 30, 1789-May 24, 1828.--class II. Indian affairs. 2 v. 1st Cong.-19th Cong., May 25, 1789-March 1, 1827.--class III. Finance. 5 v. 1st Cong.-20th Cong., 1st sess., April 11, 1789-May 16, 1828.--class IV. Commerce and navigation. 2 v. 1st Cong.-17th Cong., April 13, 1789-Feb. 25, 1823.--Class V. Military affairs. 7 v. 1st Cong.-25th Cong., 2d sess., Aug. 10, 1789-March 1, 1838.--class VI. Naval affairs. 4 v. 3d Cong.-24th Cong., 1st sess., Jan 20, 1794-June 15, 1836.--class VII. Postoffice department. 1 v. 1st Cong., 2d sess.-22d Cong., Jan. 22, 1790-Feb. 21, 1833.--class VIII. Public lands. 8 v. 1st Cong.-24th Cong., July 1, 1790-Feb. 28, 1837.--class IX. Claims. 1 v. 1st Cong., 2d sess.-17th Cong., Feb. 5, 1790-March 3, 1823.--class X. Miscellaneous. 2 v. 1st Cong.-17th Cong., April 17, 1789-March 3, 1823.