Timothy P. Barnard is an associate professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore, where he specializes in the environmental and cultural history of island Southeast Asia.
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List of Images Introduction: Humans and Other Animals in a Singaporean Anthropocene Chapter 1: Tilapia, Travel and the Making of a Singaporean Creature Chapter 2: One of the Main Drawbacks of Tropical Living Chapter 3: Mosquitoes, Public Health and the Construction of a Modern Society Chapter 4: Fear, Fascination and Fantasy in the Cultural History of Crocodiles Chapter 5: Too Much Monkey Business Chapter 6: Songbirds in a Garden City Chapter 7: Marine Life in Service of the State at Public Aquariums and Oceanariums in Singapore Chapter 8: Nation, Nature and the Singapore Zoological Gardens, 1973-2018 List of Contributors Bibliography Index
"A lively and persuasive account of Singapore's relationship with animals from the mid-20th century onwards.... Thoroughly intriguing and readable, Singaporean Creatures is also a worthy 'sequel' to Barnard's earlier book Imperial Creatures, which explored Singapore's relationship with other animals within an earlier time frame of 1819 to 1942." Straits Times "This is a thorough account of multidisciplinary research in the post-colonial world and capitalist social engineering on a grand scale."Leonardo Reviews