"The migration of some six million Vietnamese from the lowlands to the hills and mountains was one of the largest population transfers in twentieth-century Southeast Asia. Unlike the Indonesian transmigration program, however, the Vietnamese resettlement experience has received little scholarly attention. With this impressively researched volume, for which he won the 2005 Henry J. Benda Prize f…
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a biography showcasing the life and work of Chan Hock Chye, a pioneering but largely forgotten comics artist in Singapore. With a career spanning more than five decades, from pre-independent Singapore through its three Prime Ministers, Chan’s work reflects the changing political and economic environment in Singapore. Containing Chan’s original illustr…
HABIT©AT is an inquiry into how street cats in Singapore inhabit the man-made spaces of the suburban landscapes. This publication explores the intrinsic relationship between cats and their surrounding, encouraging the viewing of our urban landscape not simply as public space but one charged with possibilities through the cats’ adaptive appropriation. Their ability to discern subtle qualities…