{"product_id":"lion-city-9781408713600","title":"Lion City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world''s most successful city state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1965, Singapore''s GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia''s first globalised city.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLion City\u003c\/i\u003e examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed ''Disneyland with the death penalty''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jeevan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnexpectedly moving...a good introduction for the general reader suddenly turns to questions of love, grief, deceit and identity -- Sholto Byrnes * The TLS *\u003cbr\u003eVasagar gives Singapore a fair-and detailed-shake * Asian Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive look at the sleek city-state that strongman Lee Kuan Yew forged into a model society of authority and order. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e[An] enlightening look at how Singapore has become what it is today. * Washington Independent Review of Books *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739042459991,"sku":"9781408713600","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lion-city-9781408713600","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}