1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 223 pages)) : illustrations
Contents
Preface -- Family tree : Gerald Evelyn de Cruz -- 1. Don de Cruz de la Singapura -- 2. Childhood and youth -- 3. The Japanese occupation -- 4. The communist years -- 5. Going abroad -- 6. The English years -- 7. Return to Singapore -- 8. The political thinker -- 9. Friend of labour -- 10. The columnist -- 11. The family man -- Appendix
Summary
Gerald de Cruz's life overlapped many of the spheres of Singapore's history after World War II. As a Eurasian, a nationalist, a communist and then a democratic socialist, as a journalist and a writer, he represents the insurgent energies of a truculent time when a nascent nation was seeking the basis of statehood. His commitment to progressive ideas and movements reveals a man of integrity in search of himself in a better world. This book seeks to portray his place in time, particularly for younger Singaporeans who did not live in an era that has inaugurated the history of independent Singapore
