SCRIPTING OF A NATIONAL HISTORY Lizzie Collingham A history that is equally

A history that is equally entertaining and enlightening

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A Terrible Country asks what you owe the place you were born

You’ll learn how to:     • Take the most flattering self-portraits    • Be your own stylist to turn dull

when the First King of all China established his leadership over the whole country and its warring kingdoms

SCRIPTING OF A NATIONAL HISTORY Lizzie Collingham A history that is equallyRather than presenting another narrative of Singapore history, The Scripting of a National History Singapore and Its Pasts studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by the state, which blurs the distinction between what happened in the past, and how the state intends that past to be understood. The Peoples Action Party (PAP) governments unbroken mandate to rule has come in no small part from the way it explains its lineage and record to