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  • A description of Samsui women, who worked in many construction sites in Singapore during the 1930s

  • A photograph of a Chinese rickshaw coolie with his customers in the 1900s.

  • A picture depicting Chinese coolies visiting an opium den in Singapore, 1941.

  • An account by a Eurasian man, describing Europeans living in Singapore before World War Two.

  • An interview with an early immigrant about transportation in Singapore.

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    • Chapter 1: How is knowledge of Singapore's early past constructed?
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    • Chapter 3: Why did people come to colonial Singapore before World War Two?
    • Chapter 4: How was life different for the various people in colonial Singapore before World War Two?
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