{"product_id":"lion-city-jeevan-vasagar-9781643139340","title":"Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eA compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore--the world's most successful city-state.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia's first globalised city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed 'Disneyland with the death penalty'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. \u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal, insightful and definitive guide to the city, and how its extraordinary rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeevan Vasagar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643139347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643139340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2022","brand":"Jeevan Vasagar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051593330943,"sku":"9781643139340","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a51353ed-03a5-44d7-ae2e-773227f7c908.jpg?v=1685014010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lion-city-jeevan-vasagar-9781643139340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}