Records and voices of social history: The case of the great depression in Singapore

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-54

  Loh, Kang Seng ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coroner's records; Great Depression; Oral records; Singapore history; Social history

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; GREAT DEPRESSION; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33749245108     PISSN: 05638682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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