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Title: Labour formation, identity, and resistance in HM Dockyard, Singapore (1921-1971)
Authors: Liew, Kai Khiun
Keywords: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore
Issue Date: 2006
Source: Liew, K. K. (2006). Labour formation, identity, and resistance in HM Dockyard, Singapore (1921-1971). International review of social history, 51(3), pp.415–439.
Series/Report no.: International review of social history
Abstract: For close on half a century, the British naval dockyard in Singapore was a prominent employer in the colony. The huge facility attracted migrant workers from the region, and entire settlements and communities were established around the premises of the dockyard as well. This article seeks to place the legacy of Singapore’s naval-base workers within the historical contexts of the entanglements between imperialism, diaspora, social movements, and labour resistance. The development of international labour flows, formation, and identity was reflected in the prominence of the migrant Malayalee community and its socio-religious organizations at the naval base. Furthermore, the routine individual defiance and industrial unrest went beyond disputes about wage levels and working conditions. They were enmeshed within the broader undercurrents of Singapore’s transitory political culture, and between the interwar decades and the period of decolonization disturbances at the naval dockyard became part of larger political contestations.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/91186
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6782
ISSN: 0020-8590
DOI: 10.1017/S0020859006002549
Schools: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information 
Fulltext Permission: open
Fulltext Availability: With Fulltext
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