Stephen Dobb
Biographic Data
| ID | 1122127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Dobb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Dobb |
| SIGNATURE | DOBB S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1576-2994 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Origins of Urban Renewal in Singapore: A Transnational History
This article examines the origins of urban renewal in Singapore through a transnational history lens. It focuses on the role in particular of two United Nations–led teams of experts one headed by Erik Lorange and the other by Charles Abrams in the early 1960s and the impact these had on how urban renewal proceeded in Singapore’s central city area. This approach broadens the focus to encompass more than just the role played by Singapore’s Housing …
Unsafety and Unions in Singapore’s state-led industrialization, 1965–1994
Industrial hazards are a neglected part of the history of Singapore’s successful industrialization since independence in 1965. Our paper investigates risk in the competitive shipbuilding and repair industry across three decades and four serious accidents in the industry. The risk was determined by a group of factors: the political economy of the state-led industrialization program, the nature of work within the industry, the degree of supervision…
Open or Bordered? Singapore, Industrialisation and Malaysian Workers
This article offers a new approach to the study of Singapore history through an interrogation of the city-state’s borderedness and openness to Malaysian workers during the 1970s and 1980s. This was the period in which the foundations of modern Singapore were laid, as the state opened its borders to meet the demand for labour in the industrialisation program. Yet, this open-border policy was overlaid by a state system of work permits, levies and p…
Rajesh Rai. Indians in Singapore, 1819–1945: Diaspora in the Colonial Port City
Rajesh Rai’s study of the Indian population of Singapore is without question one of the most comprehensive historical studies of this important migrant group to have been undertaken by anyone. The author has researched widely in the available historical records and, particularly in the last section of his book, has made good use of oral history. The temporal scope of the study covers Singapore’s modern history, from the British claim on the islan…
Thailand's Kra Isthmus and Elusive Canal Plans since the 1850s
This article uses primarily British colonial documents and Singapore sources to examine the history of proposals for the construction of a shipping canal through Thailand's Kra Isthmus from the 1850s. It provides historical background for continuing interest in constructing a Kra canal with the most recent speculative discussions involving Chinese interests. Since the 1850s the idea of a canal was revived on numerous occasions with several detail…
Oral History in Southeast Asia
Using the presence of the past as a point of departure, this books explores three critical themes in Southeast Asian oral history: the relationship between oral history and official histories produced
Social and Environmental Justice for Communities of the Mekong River
During the mid-twentieth century the construction of hydroelectric dams in developing countries became a contentious issue in economic and political arenas. Governments and pro-damming parties, particularly those with a direct commercial interest, often consider the dams to be necessary for economic growth, as well as being in the national interest. Others directly impacted by the altered hydrology and ecology, as well as experts concerned with e…
Rivers of concern
Colonialism, Violence and Muslims in Southeast Asia: The Maria Hertogh Controversy and its Aftermath
Urban Redevelopment and the Forced Eviction of Lighters from the Singapore River
This paper examines the causes and impact of the “evictionr” of the lighterage industry from the Singapore River in 1983. For more than 160 years, the lighterage industry served the traditional Entrepôt trade interests of Singapore from its base along the Singapore River. In 1983, all cargo–carrying lighters operating from the river were forced to relocate to new facilities at Pasir Panjang as a direct consequence of the Singapore government’s br…
The Singapore River, 1819–1869: Cradle of a Maritime Entrepot
Tongkang, Twakow, and Lightermen: A People's History of the Singapore River
Arts Education and Back to Basics
Voices of America: The Nation's Story in Slogans, Sayings, and Songs
Journal Article Voices of America: The Nation's Story in Slogans, Sayings, and Songs. By Thomas A. Bailey and Stephen M. Dobbs. (New York: Free Press, 1976. viii + 520 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. $12.95.) Get access H. Wayne Morgan H. Wayne Morgan University of Oklahoma Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 2, September 1977, Pages 500–501, https://do…
Social and Environmental Justice for Communities of the Mekong River
During the mid-twentieth century the construction of hydroelectric dams in developing countries became a contentious issue in economic and political arenas. Governments and pro-damming parties, particularly those with a direct commercial interest, often consider the dams to be necessary for economic growth, as well as being in the national interest. Others directly impacted by the altered hydrology and ecology, as well as experts concerned with e…
Open or Bordered? Singapore, Industrialisation and Malaysian Workers
This article offers a new approach to the study of Singapore history through an interrogation of the city-state’s borderedness and openness to Malaysian workers during the 1970s and 1980s. This was the period in which the foundations of modern Singapore were laid, as the state opened its borders to meet the demand for labour in the industrialisation program. Yet, this open-border policy was overlaid by a state system of work permits, levies and p…
The Singapore River, 1819–1869: Cradle of a Maritime Entrepot
Voices of America: The Nation's Story in Slogans, Sayings, and Songs
Journal Article Voices of America: The Nation's Story in Slogans, Sayings, and Songs. By Thomas A. Bailey and Stephen M. Dobbs. (New York: Free Press, 1976. viii + 520 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. $12.95.) Get access H. Wayne Morgan H. Wayne Morgan University of Oklahoma Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 2, September 1977, Pages 500–501, https://do…
Voices of America: The Nation's Story in Slogans, Sayings, and Songs
Journal Article Voices of America: The Nation's Story in Slogans, Sayings, and Songs. By Thomas A. Bailey and Stephen M. Dobbs. (New York: Free Press, 1976. viii + 520 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, and index. $12.95.) Get access H. Wayne Morgan H. Wayne Morgan University of Oklahoma Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 2, September 1977, Pages 500–501, https://do…
Arts Education and Back to Basics
Tongkang, Twakow, and Lightermen: A People's History of the Singapore River
The Singapore River, 1819–1869: Cradle of a Maritime Entrepot
Urban Redevelopment and the Forced Eviction of Lighters from the Singapore River
This paper examines the causes and impact of the “evictionr” of the lighterage industry from the Singapore River in 1983. For more than 160 years, the lighterage industry served the traditional Entrepôt trade interests of Singapore from its base along the Singapore River. In 1983, all cargo–carrying lighters operating from the river were forced to relocate to new facilities at Pasir Panjang as a direct consequence of the Singapore government’s br…
Colonialism, Violence and Muslims in Southeast Asia: The Maria Hertogh Controversy and its Aftermath
Social and Environmental Justice for Communities of the Mekong River
During the mid-twentieth century the construction of hydroelectric dams in developing countries became a contentious issue in economic and political arenas. Governments and pro-damming parties, particularly those with a direct commercial interest, often consider the dams to be necessary for economic growth, as well as being in the national interest. Others directly impacted by the altered hydrology and ecology, as well as experts concerned with e…
Rivers of concern
Oral History in Southeast Asia
Using the presence of the past as a point of departure, this books explores three critical themes in Southeast Asian oral history: the relationship between oral history and official histories produced
Thailand's Kra Isthmus and Elusive Canal Plans since the 1850s
This article uses primarily British colonial documents and Singapore sources to examine the history of proposals for the construction of a shipping canal through Thailand's Kra Isthmus from the 1850s. It provides historical background for continuing interest in constructing a Kra canal with the most recent speculative discussions involving Chinese interests. Since the 1850s the idea of a canal was revived on numerous occasions with several detail…
Rajesh Rai. Indians in Singapore, 1819–1945: Diaspora in the Colonial Port City
Rajesh Rai’s study of the Indian population of Singapore is without question one of the most comprehensive historical studies of this important migrant group to have been undertaken by anyone. The author has researched widely in the available historical records and, particularly in the last section of his book, has made good use of oral history. The temporal scope of the study covers Singapore’s modern history, from the British claim on the islan…
Open or Bordered? Singapore, Industrialisation and Malaysian Workers
This article offers a new approach to the study of Singapore history through an interrogation of the city-state’s borderedness and openness to Malaysian workers during the 1970s and 1980s. This was the period in which the foundations of modern Singapore were laid, as the state opened its borders to meet the demand for labour in the industrialisation program. Yet, this open-border policy was overlaid by a state system of work permits, levies and p…
Unsafety and Unions in Singapore’s state-led industrialization, 1965–1994
Industrial hazards are a neglected part of the history of Singapore’s successful industrialization since independence in 1965. Our paper investigates risk in the competitive shipbuilding and repair industry across three decades and four serious accidents in the industry. The risk was determined by a group of factors: the political economy of the state-led industrialization program, the nature of work within the industry, the degree of supervision…
The Origins of Urban Renewal in Singapore: A Transnational History
This article examines the origins of urban renewal in Singapore through a transnational history lens. It focuses on the role in particular of two United Nations–led teams of experts one headed by Erik Lorange and the other by Charles Abrams in the early 1960s and the impact these had on how urban renewal proceeded in Singapore’s central city area. This approach broadens the focus to encompass more than just the role played by Singapore’s Housing …
Sociology (9 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (8 works) · History (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Asian Studies and History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works)