1 Introduction: Situating Singapore's Success; PART ONE: SINGAPORE - GROWTH, TRADE & ECONOMY; 2 The origins of Singapore's economic prosperity, c. 1800-1874; 3 Made in Singapore: 'Good Steady Scotsmen', the Lion City and London, 1820s-1870s; 4 Trade, Finance, and the 'Anglo-Dutch' International Order in Southeast Asia: the Case of the British Eastern Exchange Banks, 1870-90; 5 Singapore, Global City ante litteram in early 20th century Southeast Asia; 6 Singapore during the World War II Japanese Occupation; 7 The Economics of Singapore's Exit from Malaysia; PART TWO - SINGAPORE - POLITICS, CULTURE & IDENTITY; 8 Singapore, the Straits Settlements & the Politics of Imperial Commerce, 1819-1867; 9 Mediators, Migrants and Memories of Colonial Singapore: The Life and Legacy of Seah Eu Chin; 10 Liverpool in the relational remaking of Singapore: Global city routes and Malay seafaring mobilities; 11 Experts in the Making of Singapore; 12 'The Gibraltar of the East'? Singapore and other fortress colonies during the Second World War; 13 Temasek, Singapore, and Modern National Identity Construction; 14 Stamford Raffles and James Brooke: Colonial Legacies and (post)colonial tourism?.