About this title: The story of Singapore's amazing transformation told by it's charismatic and controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Kuan Yew is one of the most influential leaders in Asia. In this illuminating account, Lee writes frankly about his disapproving approach to political opponents and his often unorthodox views on human rights, democracy, and inherited intelligence, aiming always "to be correct, not politically correct." Since it's independence in 1965, tiny Singapore -- once a poor and decrepit colony -- has risen to become a rich and thriving Asian metropolis. From Third World to ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 10/3/2000
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2000
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
Description: As New in Near Fine dust jacket. 0060197765. 2000 stated first edition partial cloth hardcover and dust jacket in near perfect condition. Book is new and unread. Dust jacket has tiny flat tear on bottom back edge. Mylar cover. read more
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Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Some creases/wrinkles on the backside of the dustjacket, otherwise a very good copy! Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 752 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. We ship every day! ! read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARPER COLLINS
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
Description: New. The remarkable inside story of nation building in the 20th century is offered by the architect of Singapore's amazing economic miracle. Kuan Yew takes a hard look at the burgeoning economic and political might of China and its portents for the future. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 752 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. New in a new condition jacket. Not a remainder. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 752 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. New in a new condition jacket. No marks or wear. read more
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Thick 8vo. 1st ed. Publisher: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Description: xix, 729 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN: 0060197765 (alk. paper) Summary: "Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis? " "The story of that transformation is told here by Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780060197766ISBN:0060197765
Description: As New in As New jacket. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonisalism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdrawal of foreign forces, Singapore now is hailed as a city of the future. This miraculous history is dramatically recounted by the man who not only lived through it all but who fearlessly forged ahead and brought about most fo these changes. read more
"Really interesting story about the development of Singapore. It was a great opportunity to reflect on the US as well as they have such different values and thoughts about the role of government, media, etc."
"I found this book tremendously disappointing. (And since I am not Singaporean, I can say that.) I was looking for details regarding the development of HDBs, the removal of people off the river, the creation of the ideology of racial harmony. Instead, we get lots of moments of Lee congratulating his colleagues. Then, we get chapter upon chapter in which Lee offers his views of Singapore's geographical neighbors. Not terribly useful, as the nitty-gritty is, of course, omitted. (Myanmar, for instance.)"
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