Introduction: commerce and commerce alone : an introduction to the financial straits -- Literary Malaya and the management of Romantic commercialism -- In the Singapore Grip : Post-War Tropics -- High-rise heartlands: Singaporean Novel tradition -- Hybrid homes : self- and other representations -- Hybrid homes : self - and other representations -- Other or "Othered" Traditions? Narratives of the Occidentalist -- Beyond the postcolonial exotic: the financial straits redefined

1. Malaysian fiction (English) -- History and criticism
2. English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
3. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
4. Singaporean fiction (English) -- History and criticism
5. Economics and literature -- Singapore
6. Economics and literature -- Malaysia
7. East and West in literature
8. Commerce in literature
9. Finance in literature
10. Money in literature
11. Singapore -- Intellectual life
12. Malaysia -- Intellectual life
13. Singapore -- In literature
14. Malaysia -- In literature