Introduction: A Personal Trekking History

Lim, Tai Wei

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Tai Wei Lim²

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Abstract

As a historian, the author was interested, first and foremost, in the histories of all the communities and locations that was trekked, hiked or walked through. There were three areas of histories that he was interested to examine and analyze: green spaces that the author visited; local community histories of the areas he visited, particularly the ethnically prominent cultural districts; and lastly an integrated history of Singapore as an island unit. The green corridors, parks and urban infrastructure that connected all the different areas that the author visited gave him a chance to look at the dynamic island state from a macro island-wide point of view.

I would like to thank the anonymous reviewers who have offered useful suggestions which have been incorporated in this volume.

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Lim, T.W. (2017). Introduction: A Personal Trekking History. In: Cultural Heritage and Peripheral Spaces in Singapore. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4747-3_1

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