Singapore Population in Transition (Anniversary Collection) - Tapa dura

"A signal contribution to the studies of area populations-and there is a relevance here beyond simple geographic increment. Singapore is a metropolitan area formed from immigrant increments of three cultures. Sources are dispersed, fragmentary, defective to varying degrees, largely inaccessible outside specialized libraries. This study of Singapore thus becomes a major resource... It will have major value for students of Indian, Malayan, Indonesian and Chinese culture, society, and economy. It is a model study for analysts everywhere who may be stimulated or encouraged to study other area populations."-lrene B. Taeuber, Princeton University

Human populations, to a skilled analyst, tell a dramatic story: In what direction is a country headed? What are its strengths and weaknesses, its potential disaster areas, its most promising human resources? What do the changes observed here-from the early history of Singapore to the present time-mean to the future of the country and the region? In South Asian studies, which have suffered from a lack of data, Singapore Population in Transition is a major contribution. It is more than the best and latest statistical study of the area. The author writes with the insight of a resident observer and throws light on race and culture contacts, cultural accommodation among the peoples, separatism, urbanization and political history.