[Note: This bibliography derives directly from A Sense of History: a Select Bibliography on the History of Singapore, the more complete on-line list of materials compiled by The National University of Singapore Library and translated into html by Tim Yap Fuan. I have omitted many items, chiefly undergraduate and graduate theses written at the former University of Malaya and elsewhere, generally obtainable outside the NUS library. Singaporean users should consult the original on-line bibliography. [GPL]
Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Munsyi. The Hikayat Abdullah. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1970. Edited and translated by A. H. Hill. Reprint. Originally published in 1955. [PL5133.1 HAa.Hil]
Begbie, P. J. The Malayan Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1967. 523p. Reprint. Originally published in Madras, 1834. Has a chapter on Singapore. [DS596 Beg]
Braddell, T. Notes on the Chinese in the Straits. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, 9:109-124, 1855. [DS501 JIEA]
Braddell, T. Statistics of the British possessions in the Straits of Malacca. Penang, 1861. 56p. Microfilm.
Cameron, John. Our tropical possessions in Malayan India. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1965. 408p. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1865. [DS592 Cam]
Crawfurd, John. A descriptive dictionary of the Indian islands and adjacent countries. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1971. 459p. Reprint. Originally published in 1856. Pp. 359-402 is on Singapore. [DS600 Cra]
Earl, George Windsor. The eastern seas. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1971. 461p. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1837. [DS522.3 Ear]
Freedman, Maurice. "Chinese kinship and marriage in early Singapore." Journal of Southeast Asian History, 3(2):65-73, 1962. [DS501 JSAH]
Freedman, Maurice. "Immigrants and associations in 19th century Singapore." Comparative Studies in Society and History, 3:25-48, 1960/61. [HM101 CSSH]
Gibson-Hill, C. A. "The Singapore Chronicle 1824-37." Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 42(1):166-191, 1969. [DS591 RASMJ]
Hancock, T. H. H. Coleman's Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in association with Pelanduk Publications, 1986. 94p. [DS591 Rasmm 15]
Holloway, C. P., comp. Tabular statements of the commerce and shipping of Singapore, 1823/24-1840/44. Singapore: Mission Press, 1842-45. 2 vols. Microfilm.
Jackson, James C. Planters and speculators: Chinese and European agricultural enterprise in Malaya, 1786-1921. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1968. 312p. [S471.1 Jac]
Khoo, Kay Kim. The Western Malay States, 1850-1873: the effects of commercial development on Malay politics. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1972. 244p. A revision of the author's thesis (M.A.), University of Malaya, 1967. [DS596.2 Kho]
Kyshe, James W. N. "A judicial history of the Straits Settlements, 1786-1890." Malaya Law Review, 11(1):39-179, 1969. [KA1 MALR]
Kyshe, James W. N. Cases heard and determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, 1808-1884. Singapore: Printed at the Singapore and Straits Printing Office, 1885-1890. 4 vols. Has a valuable introduction to the early history of legal development in Singapore. [K7596 Ky]
Lee, Y. K. "The grand jury in early Singapore 1819-1873." Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 46(2): 55-150, 1973. [DS591 RASMJ]
Lee, Yong Kiat. The medical history of early Singapore. Tokyo: Southeast Asian Medical Information Center, 1978. 334p. Covers the period from 1819 to 1874. [R644.12 Lea]
Leonard, Jane K. Wei Yuan and China's rediscovery of the maritime world. Cambridge, MA: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1984. 276p. Has some interesting insights into Chinese perceptions of Singapore's role in this period. [DS518.15 Wei.L]
Loh, Philip Fook Seng. Seeds of separatism: educational policy in Malaya, 1874-1940. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1975. 165p. [LA1236 Loh]
Makepeace, Walter E. and Braddell, Roland St. John and Brooke, G. S., eds. One hundred years of Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. 2 vols. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1921. [DS599.6 Onh]
Mills, L. A. British Malaya, 1824-67. Singapore: Methodist Publishing House, 1925. 340p. [DS596.2 Mil]
Newbold, T. J. Political and statistical account of the British settlements in the Straits of Malacca. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1971. 2 vols. Reprint. Originally published in London, 1839. Has a chapter on Singapore. [DS592 New]
Pickering, William Alexander. <"Chinese secret societies and their origin." Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1:63-84, 1978; 2:1-18, 1978. [DS591 RASMJ]
Pridmore, Fred. Coins and coinages of Straits Settlements and British Malaya, 1786 to 1951. Singapore: Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 177p. [HG1320 Pri]
Read, W. H. M. Play and politics: recollections of Malaya by an old resident. London: W. Gardner, Darton, 1901. 178p. Played a prominent part in public affairs in mid-nineteenth century Singapore. [DS592 Rea]
SarDesai, D. R. British trade and expansion in Southeast Asia 1830-1914. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1977. Has a chapter on Singapore. [HF3508 Asi.S]
Seah, Eu Chin. "The Chinese in Singapore: general sketch of the numbers, tribes and advocations of the Chinese in Singapore." Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, 2:283-289, 1848. [DS501 JIEA]
Sharom Ahmat. "Joseph B. Balestier: the first American consul in Singapore 1833-1852." Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 39(2):108-122, 1966. [DS591 RASMJ]
Smith, Albert Richard. To China and back: being a diary kept, out and home. London: Egyptian Hall, 1859. 60p. Has a description of Singapore in 1858. [DS709 Smi]
Tarling, Nicholas. "British policy in the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, 1824-1871." Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 30(3):1-228. Revision of author's thesis (Ph.D.) presented to Cambridge University, 1956. [DS591 RASMJ]
Tarling, Nicholas. Piracy and politics in the Malay world: a study of British imperialism in nineteenth-century South-East Asia. Singapore: Donald Moore, 1963. 273p. [DS603 Tar]
Thio, Eunice. "The Singapore Chinese Protectorate: events and conditions leading to its establishement, 1823-1877." Journal of the South Seas Society 6(1/2):40-80, 1960. [D501 SSSJ]
Trocki, Carl A. "The rise of Singapore's great opium syndicate, 1840-86." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 18(1):58-80, 1987. [DS501 JSAS]
Turnbull, C. M. "Convicts in the Straits Settlements 1826-1827." Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 43(1):87-103, 1970. [DS591 RASMJ]
Turnbull, C. M. "The European mercantile community in Singapore, 1819-1867." Journal of Southeast Asian History, 10(1):12-35, 1969. [DS501 JSAH]
Turnbull, C. M. "Internal security in the Straits Settlements, 1826-1867." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1(1):37-53, 1970. [DS501 JSAS]
Turnbull, C. M. "The Straits Settlements, 1826-1867: Indian presidency to crown colony." London: Athlone Press, 1972. 428p. [DS596.2 Tur]
Vaughan, J. D. The manners and customs of the Chinese of the Straits Settlements. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1974. 126p. Reprint. Originally published in 1879. [DS595 Vau]
Williams, L. E. "Chinese leadership in early British Singapore." Asian Studies, 2(2):170-179, 1964. [DS1 AST]
Wong, C. S. A gallery of Chinese kapitans. Singapore: Ministry of Culture, 1963. 114p. [DS596 Won]
Wong, Lin Ken. "The trade of Singapore, 1819-1869." Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 30(4):1-315. 1960. Study of Singapore's trade prior to the opening of the Suez Canal. [DS591 RASMJ; HF3869.2 Won]
Yao, Souchou. "Ethnic boundaries and structural differentiation: an anthropological analysis of the Straits Chinese in nineteenth century Singapore." Sojourn, 2(2):209-230, 1987. [HN763.5 SSA]
Yen, Ching Hwang. Community and politics: the Chinese in colonial Singapore and Malaysia. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1995. 348p. A collection of twelve articles previously published in various journals between 1970 and 1993. [DS599.4 Yen]
Yen, Ching Hwang. "Early Chinese clan organization in Singapore and Malaya 1819-1911." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 13(1):62-87, 1981. [DS501 JSAS]
Yen, Ching Hwang. A social history of the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya 1800-1911. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. 433p. [HN770.2 Yen]
Yong, C. F. Chinese leadership and power in colonial Singapore. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1992. 334p. [DS599.4 Yon]
Yong, C. F. "Chinese leadership in 19th century Singapore." Journal of the Island Society, 1:1-18, 1967. [AS492 XSXBA]
